centavo

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/sɛnˈtɑːvoʊ/

noun

Currency unit (hundredth of a peso) in Mexico.

OriginPortuguese and Spanish centavo →
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Meanings

nouncentavo (plural centavos)

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. historicalThe 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).

Origin

  1. Portuguese and Spanishcentavo
  2. Englishcentavo

Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish centavo.

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Cite this entry
APA

centavo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centavo

MLA

“centavo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centavo. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “centavo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centavo.

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