centésimo

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English

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Noun

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centésimo (plural centésimos)

  1. Alternative form of centesimo (monetary unit in Uruguay, Panama and (formerly) Chile).
    • 1924, T[homas] S[igismund] Stribling, Red Sand, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, page 218:
      I knew you were waiting for somebody or something, a woman, a baggage, some señorita who doesn’t care two centésimos for you and is after your bolivars!
    • 1973, Theodore V[ern] Buttrey, Jr., “[The Spanish Tradition] The Spanish American Republics”, in Coinage of the Americas, New York, N.Y.: The American Numismatic Society, →LCCN, page 59:
      A coinage of bronze centésimos had been struck in Lyons, Paris, and Birmingham between 1840 and 1869, but only in 1877 was a proper coinage of silver 10, 20, and 50 centésimos, and 1 peso struck to the specifications of the Latin Monetary Union.
    • 2013, Kenneth Cameron, The Haunted Martyr, Rearsby, Leics.: W F Howes Ltd, →ISBN, page 186:
      The Signora, overseeing the process, was scandalised all over again and flew into a rage when Janet offered her one centésimo, the smallest bit of money that was made.

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Adjective

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centésimo

  1. neuter of centésimu

Portuguese

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Portuguese numbers (edit)
1,000
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10
    Cardinal: (alone or followed by a noun or higher numeral) cem, (followed by a lower numeral) cento
    Ordinal: centésimo
    Ordinal abbreviation: 100.º
    Multiplier: cêntuplo
    Fractional: centésimo, cem avos

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: cen‧té‧si‧mo

Adjective

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centésimo (feminine centésima, masculine plural centésimos, feminine plural centésimas)

  1. (ordinal number) hundredth

Noun

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centésimo m (plural centésimos)

  1. (fractional number) hundredth (one of one hundred parts of a whole)

Spanish

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Spanish numbers (edit)
1,000
 ←  90  ←  99 100 101  →  200  → 
10
    Cardinal: cien, (before lower numerals) ciento
    Ordinal: centésimo
    Ordinal abbreviation: 100.º
    Multiplier: céntuplo
    Fractional: centésimo, centavo, céntimo

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θenˈtesimo/ [θẽn̪ˈt̪e.si.mo]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /senˈtesimo/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪e.si.mo]
  • Rhymes: -esimo
  • Syllabification: cen‧té‧si‧mo

Adjective

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centésimo (feminine centésima, masculine plural centésimos, feminine plural centésimas)

  1. (ordinal number) hundredth

Noun

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centésimo m (plural centésimos)

  1. (fractional number) hundredth
  2. cent (one hundredth of a currency unit) for the Panamanian balboa and Uruguayan peso
    Synonyms: centavo, céntimo

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