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peseta

[ puh-sey-tuh; Spanish pe-se-tah ]

noun

, plural pe·se·tas [p, uh, -, sey, -t, uh, z, pe-, se, -tahs].
  1. a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. : P., Pta.
  2. a former silver coin of Spain and Spanish America, equal to two reals; pistareen.
  3. a former monetary unit of Equatorial Guinea: replaced by the ekuele in 1973.


peseta

/ peˈseta; pəˈseɪtə /

noun

  1. the former standard monetary unit of Spain and Andorra, divided into 100 céntimos; replaced by the euro in 2002
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of peseta1

1805–15; < Spanish, diminutive of pesa a weight. See peso
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Word History and Origins

Origin of peseta1

C19: from Spanish, diminutive of peso
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Example Sentences

A peseta for twenty words, including the address, is the uniform charge, every additional word being ten centimos.

All I possessed was one peseta and a few cuartos, which I handed over to her, very much ashamed of not having more.

It was so funny, he cared not a peseta if he laughed himself to death!

One would think one could hurl a peseta across it, until one tried.

Perhaps mon Americain won't think so much of his peseta bills.

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