centavo

Meaning

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. (historical) The 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).

Synonyms

c.

Translations

centavo

centavo

centavo

σεντάβο

Centavo

centau

εκατοστό ταλλήρου

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɛnˈtɑːvoʊ/

Etymology

From Spanish or Portuguese.