peso
noun
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
pesos
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pluralof peso.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He said players would pay him 100 pesos or roughly two dollars, which he would split between himself and his mum for their household's groceries.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
It raises the stock’s rating to add from hold and the target price to 1,072.50 pesos from 726.20 pesos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
It represents a devaluation of almost 40 percent over the rate of 6.96 pesos at which the authorities pegged the dollar in 2011.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
Few paid less than the equivalent of USD$1,500 in Mexican pesos and some went as high as $4,000 or more.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
Then he proposed raffling himself off among them at ten pesos a chance.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
