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Dominican peso

Dominican peso

2.9
Money used in the Dominican Republic, equal to 100 centavos
  • noun
translation icon : peso dominicano
  • Tourists exchanged their dollars for Dominican pesos at the hotel lobby.

Examples

  • The price was listed as 500 Dominican pesos per night.

  • She found a few old Dominican pesos tucked inside her travel bag.

  • The price of the shirt is 500 Dominican pesos.

  • I exchanged my dollars for Dominican pesos at the airport.

  • The price was listed as 500 Dominican pesos per night.

  • She found a few old Dominican pesos tucked inside her travel bag.

  • Tourists exchanged their dollars for Dominican pesos at the hotel lobby.

Synonyms

peso
vsDominican peso
17 1.6

A unit of money used in countries like Mexico and the Philippines

is the same unit but used only in one country and equals one hundred centavos

Surface Forms

Dominican peso singular
Dominican pesos plural

Morphology

Dominican + peso

The meaning is directly derived from combining 'Dominican' (origin/relating to the Dominican Republic) with 'peso' (a unit of currency), so a learner who knows both words will understand it denotes the currency of that country. This country‑adjective + currency noun pattern is cross‑linguistically common and follows a standard compositional pattern, making it immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.

Etymology

Dominican peso uses the word peso, which in Spanish originally meant 'weight' because old coins were judged by how much metal they contained. So Dominican peso became the name for the country's 'money'.