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 Gissing, George
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 Rollin, Charles
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 Hapgood, Isabel Florence
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 Mabie, Hamilton Wright
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 Hapgood, Isabel Florence
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
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
If this gem were genuine, it would be worth some money; but as it happens to be a rather bad forgery, it is not worth twenty centesimi.
From The Three Impostors or The Transmutations by Machen, Arthur
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 Fisher, Harrison
The President of the Italian National Council was told by the Admiral that an Austrian crown was to be worth forty Italian centesimi.
From The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 by Baerlein, Henry
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 Burroughs, Barkham
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