centimo

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noun

A cent, i.e. ¹⁄₁₀₀, of certain (mainly historic) Iberian and Latin American currencies, and presently of the euro (coinage version in Spanish), as a coin or theoretic value.

OriginSpanish céntimo ← French centime →
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Meanings

nouncentimo (plural centimos)

plural centimos · alternative céntimo · alternative cêntimo

  1. A cent, i.e. ¹⁄₁₀₀, of certain (mainly historic) Iberian and Latin American currencies, and presently of the euro (coinage version in Spanish), as a coin or theoretic value.

Origin

  1. Frenchcentime
  2. Spanishcéntimo
  3. Englishcentimo

Borrowed from Spanish céntimo, derived from French centime, from cent (on the model of décime), from centum (“hundred”). Doublet of centim, centime, and santim.

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APA

centimo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centimo

MLA

“centimo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centimo. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “centimo,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centimo.

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