centesimo

American  

[sen-tes-uh-moh, chen-te-zee-maw, sen-te-see-maw] / sɛnˈtɛs əˌmoʊ, tʃɛnˈtɛ zi mɔ, sɛnˈtɛ siˌmɔ /

noun

plural

centesimi, centesimos

1. a monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, one 100th of a lira.

2. a cupronickel coin of Uruguay, one 100th of a peso.

3. a copper coin of Panama, one 100th of a balboa.

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centesimo ¹ British  

/ sɛnˈtɛsɪˌməʊ /

noun

1. a former monetary unit of Italy, San Marino, and the Vatican City worth one hundredth of a lira

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centésimo ² British  

/ sɛnˈtɛsɪˌməʊ /

noun

1. a monetary unit of Panama and Uruguay. It is worth one hundredth of their respective standard units

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Etymology

Origin of centesimo

First recorded in 1850–55; from Italian, Spanish, from Latin centēsimus; see centesimal

Example Sentences

How should we feel if we read in the paper some morning that the Italian people had formed into an army of peace—refusing to pay another centesimo for warfare?

From The Crown of Life by Gissing, George

I wouldn't give a brass centesimo," cried Sancho, "to know what is past.

From Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

He never spends a soldo, I am positive; and if he drops a centesimo under the benches, he is capable of hunting for it for a week.

From Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

Quia nec ipsum est a monachis alienum hortos colere, agros exercere, et pomorum fecunditate gratulari; legitur enim in Psalmo centesimo vigesimo septimo, "Labores manuum tuarum manducabis; beatus es et bene tibi erit."

From The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator by Hodgkin, Thomas

And what adds to the difficulty, is, that Pliny seems to ground his opinion on the testimony of Herodotus: In totum autem revocatur Nilus intra ripas in Librá, ut tradit Herodotus, centesimo die.

From The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) by Rollin, Charles