real
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A. -adjective
1. (=de la realeza) royal
·la familia real
·the royal family
·porque no me da la real gana
* because I don't damn well feel like it *
2. †
(=espléndido) grand, splendid
·una real hembra
humorous a fine figure of a woman
B. -noun masculine
1. also real de la feria fairground
2. (history) army camp
a. asentar o sentar los reales (military) to set up camp
[persona] to install o.noun.
·ha asentado sus reales en mi casa y de aquí no lo sacas
·he'noun installed himself in my house and you won't get him out of here
3. (history)
(finance)
old Spanish coin of 25 céntimos, one quarter of a peseta
·[no] tiene un real
* he hasn't a bean *