centesimo

9.9

A small coin equal to one hundredth of a country's currency, used in countries like Panama and Uruguay

noun
/sɛnˈtɛsɪmoʊ/

: centesimo

The store only offered discounts of a few centesimos on selected items.

Examples

The bronze 4 centesimos piece of 1869 from Uruguay.

Academic text (1995)
He scrounged for every last centesimo to save up for a new bicycle.
When traveling in South America, I realized how important the centesimo is for making small purchases.

Synonyms

cent

vscentesimo

950 1.0

A small coin worth one hundredth of a dollar

is the same unit but specific to those listed countries like Panama and Chile

centavo

vscentesimo

1 7.9

A small coin worth one hundredth of a peso or other money

is the same unit but named differently in Panama Italy Uruguay and Chile

centime

vscentesimo

1 7.6

A small coin equal to one hundredth of a franc used in French-speaking countries

is the same unit but used in Panama Italy Uruguay and Chile

centimo

vscentesimo

9.4

A coin worth one hundredth of the main unit of money in some countries

is the same unit but used in Panama Italy Uruguay and Chile

Surface Forms

centesimo singular

centésimos plural

Etymology

Centesimo comes from the Latin word centum meaning 'hundred' plus the ending -esimo that makes it 'one hundredth'. So a centesimo is a coin or unit that is one 'hundredth' of the main currency, and you can remember it like English cent or century, which also carry the 'hundred' idea.