peseta
/pəˈseɪtə/
peseta noun: the former currency of the Spanish Empire and Andorra, divided into 100 céntimos.
Noun
peseta (plural pesetas)
- The former currency of the Spanish Empire and Andorra, divided into 100 céntimos.
- The task was more to Appleby's liking than the one he had anticipated, and it was necessary, since the smaller merchants in Cuba and also in parts of Peninsular Spain have no great confidence in bankers, and prefer a packet of golden onzas or a bag of pesetas to the best accredited cheque.1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 31, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC
- The Equatorial Guinean peseta, a former currency of Equatorial Guinea
- The Sahrawi peseta, de jure currency of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
- The Catalan peseta, a former currency of Catalonia.
peseta meaning in Malay
peseta in Malay
- currency
- peseta
Forms of peseta
| plural | pesetas |
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Origin of peseta
From Spanish peseta, from peso (“coin or weight”).
Questions about peseta
- What does peseta mean?
- Peseta means the former currency of the Spanish Empire and Andorra, divided into 100 céntimos.
- What is peseta in Malay?
- Peseta in Malay is peseta. See Peseta meaning in Malay.
- What part of speech is peseta?
- Peseta is a noun.
- How do you pronounce peseta?
- Peseta is pronounced /pəˈseɪtə/.
- What is the plural of peseta?
- The plural of peseta is pesetas.
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