nounPlural centesimos tʃɛnˈtɛsɪməʊCHenˈtez-
A former monetary unit of Italy, worth one hundredth of a lira (used only in calculations).
Example sentencesExamples
- But this was still meant to be a year in which every centesimo was being watched.
- It was subdivided into 100 centesimi (singular: centesimo), which translates to "one hundredth".
- They were charged on arrival the Italian domestic rate of 20 centesimi for each 10 grams of weight.
nounPlural centésimossenˈtesimosɛnˈtɛsɪməʊθenˈtesimosenˈtesəˌmō
A monetary unit of Uruguay and Panama, equal to one hundredth of a peso in Uruguay, and one hundredth of a balboa in Panama.
Example sentencesExamples
- The face value of a 1 centesimo coin from Panama is 1/100 of a colon, a fraction of a US cent.
- This was the peso, equal to the 8 Argentine reales and, from 1840, subdivided into 100 centésimos, with some paper money also issued in reales.
- The nuevo peso was also subdivided into 100 centésimos.