Etymology

peseta

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Today it means: The former currency of the Spanish Empire and Andorra, divided into 100 céntimos. Full definition →

Spanish peseta
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  1. Spanish · borrowed frompeseta
  2. English todaypeseta

From Spanish peseta, from peso (“coin or weight”).

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