Meaning of céntimo | Babel Free

Definitions

A cent, i.e. ¹⁄₁₀₀, of certain (mainly historic) Iberian and Latin American currencies, and presently of the euro (coinage version in Spanish), as a coin or theoretic value.

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Examples

“The treasurer-general is hereby directed to pay⟳ to Mr. Ramon Soriano, lieutenant-colonel of infantry, the sum of one hundred seventy-eight thousand, six hundred forty-two pesos and thirty-three céntimos in drafts and letters of exchange⟳, in order⟳ to negotiate⟳ the exchange⟳ of the same for cash in Manila, by order⟳ of the honorable Mr. President, the bearers of the same being Francisco Enaje and Lorenzo Sanchez, whose certification accompanies.”

“They say⟳ they were dragged from their villages and compelled to take⟳ service; that almost half their men consist⟳ of Portuguese, who have⟳ been sent by the Salazar Government; that for three months they have⟳ not seen one céntimo of pay⟳, and that a soldier who asked for a blanket was punished by being stripped and made to do duty in that condition for a whole night.”

“The Bolivar is nominally subdivided into 100 céntimos, although coins denominated in céntimos no longer circulate.”

“The Portuguese escudo was replaced by a national currency, the dobra (divided into 100 cêntimos), in September 1977.”

“What do you mean⟳ 'too much education?' I won't spend⟳ a cêntimo of your precious money. I'll go if I get⟳ a scholarship.”

“Paulino, you say⟳ you believe⟳ what’s in that letter, and you, my mother, find⟳ me accused of having an affair with a young man who, I imagine⟳, hasn’t a cêntimo to his name⟳. So why don’t you both just leave⟳?”

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