centimo
9.4
A coin worth one hundredth of the main unit of money in some countries
- noun
:
centavo
- You need at least one centimo to buy a piece of candy from that vending machine.
Examples
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The price of the book is five hundred centimos in the local currency.
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Not one centimo will he cost you.
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I found a penny and some centimos under the couch.
Synonyms
cent
vscentimo
664
1.0
A small coin worth one hundredth of a dollar
is the same fractional unit but used in Venezuela, Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay and formerly Spain
1
7.9
A small coin worth one hundredth of a peso or other money
is the same unit but limited to Venezuela, Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay and formerly Spain
centesimo
vscentimo
1
9.9
A small coin equal to one hundredth of a country's currency, used in countries like Panama and Uruguay
is the same unit but used in Venezuela, Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay and formerly Spain
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word centimo comes from the Latin word centum, meaning 'hundred', and it shares the same root as the English cent and century. So a centimo is a 'one hundredth' part of the main unit of money, which is why prices are often counted down to the last centimo.