centesimo
noun
a monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, one 100th of a lira.
centesimo
American
[sen-tes-uh-moh, chen-te-zee-maw, sen-te-see-maw]
/ sɛnˈtɛs əˌmoʊ, tʃɛnˈtɛ zi mɔ, sɛnˈtɛ siˌmɔ /
noun
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centesimi,
plural
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centesimos
plural
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a monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, one 100th of a lira.
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a cupronickel coin of Uruguay, one 100th of a peso.
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a copper coin of Panama, one 100th of a balboa.
centesimo
1
British
/ sɛnˈtɛsɪˌməʊ /
noun
centésimo
2
British
/ sɛnˈtɛsɪˌməʊ /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of centesimo
First recorded in 1850–55; from Italian, Spanish, from Latin centēsimus; see centesimal
Example Sentences
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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 George Gissing
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 Charles Rollin
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 Isabel Florence Hapgood
He presents the card; they make an ugly face at him: he hasn’t a centesimo to bless himself with.
From Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal by Isabel Florence Hapgood
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 Hamilton Wright Mabie
Instead of doling out 1,250 or so lire for a dollar, bank clerks would slap down a single new lira and 25 centesimi, or cents.
From Time Magazine Archive
He worked eleven hours per day, received 32 centesimi per hour, made 121 trips per day with his wheelbarrow full of stones.
From Time Magazine Archive
One of the little girls told me that Silvio had so many centesimi and she had none.
From The Note-Books of Samuel Butler by Samuel Butler
For seven years you have received fifty American dollars every month, and out of it you do not spend as many copper centesimi.
From The Lure of the Mask by Harrison Fisher
No one to go above twenty-five centesimi, with fifty for the doubling.
From The Call of the Blood by Orson Lowell
Every packet of rank, loose-rolled Canarias that Spaniards smoke puts a few centesimos in the pockets of Juan March.
From Time Magazine Archive
Silver: 1 sol, 96 cents; 50 centesimos, 48 cents; 20, 10 and 5 centesimos, worth respectively 19, 10 and 5 cents.
From Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Barkham Burroughs
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