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centimo
[ sen-tuh-moh; Spanish then-tee-maw, sen- ]
noun
, plural cen·ti·mos [sen, -t, uh, -mohz, then, -tee-maws, sen, -].
- one 100th of the monetary units of various countries, as Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
cêntimo
1/ ˈsɛntɪˌməʊ /
noun
- a monetary unit of Sao Tomê e Principe, worth one hundredth of a dobra
céntimo
2/ ˈsɛntɪˌməʊ /
noun
- a monetary unit of Costa Rica, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela. It is worth one hundredth of their respective standard currency units
- a former monetary unit of Andorra and Spain, worth one hundredth of a peseta
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of centimo1
from Spanish; see centime
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Example Sentences
There is no hurry—nor time nor aching vertebr with them count one centimo.
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Many a centimo would find its way from her pocket to his, and he would think her more motherly than ever.
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Heaven be praised I have never been in actual want; and Juan knows that he has never in vain asked me to lend him a centimo.
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Priest and peasant, the great lady and the gentleman who sells one a glass of water for a centimo, brush past each other.
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Perro Chico, little dog, name given to a five-centimo piece because of the little lion upon it.
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