CENTESIMO

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: centesimi

Meaning:

A fractional monetary unit of several countries: Panama and Italy and Uruguay and Chile

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("centesimo" is a kind of...):

fractional monetary unit; subunit (a monetary unit that is valued at a fraction (usually one hundredth) of the basic monetary unit)

Holonyms ("centesimo" is a part of...):

balboa (the basic unit of money in Panama; equal to 100 centesimos)

Italian lira; lira (formerly the basic unit of money in Italy; equal to 100 centesimi)

Chilean peso; peso (the basic unit of money in Chile; equal to 100 centesimos)

peso; Uruguayan peso (the basic unit of money in Uruguay; equal to 100 centesimos)