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centavo
centavo
English
Noun
centavo (plural centavos)
- Currency unit (hundredth of a peso) in Mexico
- A similar subdenomination of various other currencies.
Portuguese
Etymology
From cento (“hundred”) + -avo.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal, Brazil) IPA(key): /sẽ.ˈta.vu/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /sẽ.ˈta.vo/
- Rhymes: -avu
Noun
centavo m (plural centavos)
- cent (a hundredth of several monetary units, including the Brazilian real, the Portuguese escudo, and the Mozambican metical)