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pesetas

pesetas is the plural of peseta.

Meaning of peseta

Noun

peseta (plural pesetas)

  1. 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
  2. The Equatorial Guinean peseta, a former currency of Equatorial Guinea
  3. The Sahrawi peseta, de jure currency of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
  4. The Catalan peseta, a former currency of Catalonia.

Questions about pesetas

What is pesetas the plural of?
Pesetas is the plural of peseta.

Words near pesetas in the dictionary

  1. Peseks
  2. pesen
  3. pesens
  4. PESes
  5. peseta
  6. pesetas
  7. pesewa
  8. pesewas
  9. Pesh
  10. pesh-kabz
  11. pesh-qabz

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