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centesimo

[ sen-tes-uh-moh; Italian chen-te-zee-maw; Spanish sen-te-see-maw ]

noun

plural centesimi centesimos
  1. a monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, one 100th of a lira.
  2. a cupronickel coin of Uruguay, one 100th of a peso.
  3. a copper coin of Panama, one 100th of a balboa.


centesimo

1

/ ɛˈɛɪˌəʊ /

noun

  1. a former monetary unit of Italy, San Marino, and the Vatican City worth one hundredth of a lira
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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2

/ ɛˈɛɪˌəʊ /

noun

  1. a monetary unit of Panama and Uruguay. It is worth one hundredth of their respective standard units
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of centesimo1

First recorded in 1850–55; from Italian, Spanish, from Latin Գŧܲ; centesimal
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of centesimo1

C19: from Italian, from Latin Գŧܲ hundredth, from centum hundred

Origin of centesimo2

C19: from Spanish; see centesimo
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Example Sentences

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Views, beach, art — check, check and check — and I still hadn’t spent a centesimo.

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The franc is divided into 100 centimes, the lira into 100 centesimi and the drachma into 100 lepta.

From

If this gem were genuine, it would be worth some money; but as it happens to be a rather bad forgery, it is not worth twenty centesimi.

From

If one of them hit upon the correct figure, then he gains one point towards the stakes, which are usually made in centesimi rather than in soldi.

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He never spends a soldo, I am positive; and if he drops a centesimo under the benches, he is capable of hunting for it for a week.

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