céntimo

Definitions of céntimo
  1. noun
    a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
    synonyms: centavo, penique
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    types:
    calderilla, moneda, monedas
    a copper penny
    type of:
    moneda
    a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money
  2. noun
    a fractional monetary unit of several countries: France and Algeria and Belgium and Burkina Faso and Burundi and Cameroon and Chad and the Congo and Gabon and Haiti and the Ivory Coast and Luxembourg and Mali and Morocco and Niger and Rwanda and Senegal and Switzerland and Togo
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