peseta

[ puh-sey-tuh; Spanish pe-se-tah ]

/ pəˈseɪ tə; Spanish pɛˈsɛ tɑ /

noun, plural pe·se·tas [puh-sey-tuh z; Spanish pe-se-tahs] /pəˈseɪ təz; Spanish pɛˈsɛ tɑs/.

a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.

a former silver coin of Spain and Spanish America, equal to two reals; pistareen.

a former monetary unit of Equatorial Guinea: replaced by the ekuele in 1973.

Nearby words

pesade, pesaro, pescadores, pescara, pescatarian, peseta, pesewa, peshawar, peshitta, pesky, peso

Origin of peseta

1805–15; < Spanish, diminutive of pesa a weight. See peso

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Examples from the Web for peseta

A peseta for twenty words, including the address, is the uniform charge, every additional word being ten centimos.
Spanish Life in Town and Country|L. Higgin and Eugne E. Street
He had to have his peseta for the night's session at coffee and dominoes.
Mayflower (Flor de mayo)|Vicente Blasco Ibez
This was "Elias," where we could dine excellently for the sum of one peseta fifty centimos apiece.
Poor Folk in Spain|Jan Gordon
If I had only possessed a spare dollar or two, the thing would have been simple; but not owning a peseta, I had tremors.
The Recipe for Diamonds|Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne

Perhaps mon Americain won't think so much of his peseta bills.
The Wolf Cub|Patrick Casey

British Dictionary definitions for peseta

peseta

/ (pəˈseɪtə, Spanish peˈseta) /

noun

the former standard monetary unit of Spain and Andorra, divided into 100 céntimos; replaced by the euro in 2002

Word Origin for peseta

C19: from Spanish, diminutive of peso

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