pesetas
- plural of peseta.
Example Sentences
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But the case of Mr. Solà was different: Ms. Marí recalled her family was paid nearly double the normal amount for care, 300 pesetas per month, a large sum to them at the time.
From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 2021
The cult classic was shot at weekends, on 16mm, with a budget of 500,000 pesetas.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 11, 2019
There is no way Spain can break this vicious circle by itself, unless it actually leaves the euro zone and prints new pesetas with abandon.
From Economist ● Nov. 8, 2012
Owing euros to depositors, and getting devalued drachmas, or lira, or escudos or pesetas from borrowers is one way to make capital vanish.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2011
Filling them both cost three pesetas sixty centimos.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
