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centavo

Syllables: cen·ta·vo/sɛnˈtɑːvoʊ/

centavo noun: currency unit (hundredth of a peso) in Mexico.

Noun

centavo (plural centavos)

  1. Currency unit (hundredth of a peso) in Mexico.
  2. A similar subdenomination of various other currencies (in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mozambique, Nicaragua, and the Philippines).
  3. (historical) The former subdenomination of some other currencies (in Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, Puerto Rico, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Venezuela).

Forms of centavo

pluralcentavos

Origin of centavo

Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish centavo.

Questions about centavo

What does centavo mean?
Centavo means currency unit (hundredth of a peso) in Mexico.
What part of speech is centavo?
Centavo is a noun.
How do you pronounce centavo?
Centavo is pronounced /sɛnˈtɑːvoʊ/.
What is the plural of centavo?
The plural of centavo is centavos.

Words near centavo in the dictionary

  1. centauromachy
  2. centauroside
  3. centaurs
  4. Centaurus
  5. centaury
  6. centavo
  7. centavos
  8. centbucridine
  9. centchroman
  10. CENTCOM
  11. centelloside

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