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centavo

/sɛnˈtɑːvoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.43 in modern English

Syllables
cen-ta-vo
IPA
/sɛnˈtɑːvoʊ/
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Currency unit (hundredth of a peso) in Mexico.

noun

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).

noun

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).

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish centavo.

Inflected Forms

centavos (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce centavo?
The recorded pronunciation is /sɛnˈtɑːvoʊ/.
What does centavo mean?
Currency unit (hundredth of a peso) in Mexico.
Where does centavo come from?
Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish centavo.

How to pronounce centavo

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