centimo

Definition of Centimo in English :

1. centimo

a fractional monetary unit of Venezuela and Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea and Paraguay and Spain

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Centimo

noun

monetary unit of Costa Rica, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela

noun plural -mos

1.

a monetary unit of Costa Rica, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela. It is worth one hundredth of their respective standard currency units

2.

a former monetary unit of Andorra and Spain, worth one hundredth of a peseta

noun plural -mos

a monetary unit of Sao Tomê e Principe, worth one hundredth of a dobra

nounWord forms: plural ˈcentiˌmos

1.

a monetary unit, equal to 1⁄100 of the basic unit, of

a) Costa Rica b) Paraguay c) Peru d) Venezuela: usually written céntimo

2.

a monetary unit of São Tomé and Príncipe, equal to 1⁄100 of a dobra

n. pl. cen·ti·mos

1. A unit of currency equal to ¹/₁₀₀ of the primary unit in Costa Rica, Venezuela and various other countries.

2. A former unit of Spanish currency that was equal to ¹/₁₀₀ of a peseta.