centesimo
noun
a monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, one 100th of a lira.
centesimos
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pluralof centesimo.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
