centavo

EnglishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From Spanish or Portuguese.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /sɛnˈtɑːvoʊ/
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NounEdit

centavo (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. (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).

FrenchEdit

NounEdit

centavo m (plural centavos)

  1. centavo

ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From cento (hundred) +‎ -avo.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃenˈta.vo/
  • Rhymes: -avo
  • Hyphenation: cen‧tà‧vo

NounEdit

centavo m (plural centavi)

  1. centavo

AnagramsEdit

Norwegian BokmålEdit

NounEdit

centavo m (definite singular centavoen, indefinite plural centavos or centavo, definite plural centavoene)

  1. a centavo

Norwegian NynorskEdit

NounEdit

centavo m (plural centavoen)

  1. a centavo

PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From cento (hundred) +‎ -avo.

PronunciationEdit

  • Rhymes: -avu, (Northern Portugal) -abu
  • Hyphenation: cen‧ta‧vo

NounEdit

centavo m (plural centavos)

  1. cent (a hundredth of several monetary units, including the Brazilian real, the Portuguese escudo, and the Mozambican metical)

Related termsEdit

SpanishEdit

Spanish numbers (edit)
1,000
[a], [b] ←  90  ←  99 100 101  →  200  → 
10
    Cardinal: cien, (before lower numerals) ciento
    Ordinal: centésimo
    Ordinal abbreviation: 100.º
    Multiplier: céntuplo
    Fractional: centésimo, centavo, céntimo
Spanish Wikipedia article on 100

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From ciento (hundred) +‎ -avo.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θenˈtabo/ [θẽn̪ˈt̪a.β̞o]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /senˈtabo/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪a.β̞o]
  • Rhymes: -abo
  • Syllabification: cen‧ta‧vo

AdjectiveEdit

centavo (feminine centava, masculine plural centavos, feminine plural centavas)

  1. (fractional number) hundredth
    Synonyms: centésimo, céntimo
    una centava partea hundredth part

NounEdit

centavo m (plural centavos)

  1. (fractional number) hundredth
    Synonyms: centésimo, céntimo
    siete centavosseven hundredths (7100)
  2. cent (subunit of currency in US and other countries)
    Synonym: céntimo

DescendantsEdit

  • Catalan: centau
  • Catalan: centavo

Further readingEdit