centavo
English
Etymology
From Spanish or Portuguese.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛnˈtɑːvoʊ/Category:English 3-syllable words#CENTAVOCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#CENTAVO
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#CENTAVOAudio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: cen‧ta‧vo
Noun
centavo (plural centavos)Category:English lemmas#CENTAVOCategory:English nouns#CENTAVOCategory:English countable nouns#CENTAVOCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CENTAVOCategory:Pages with entries#CENTAVOCategory:Pages with 7 entries#CENTAVO
- Currency unit (hundredth of a peso) in Mexico.
- A similar subdenomination of various other currencies (in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mozambique, Nicaragua, and the Philippines).
- (historicalCategory:English terms with historical senses#CENTAVO) The former subdenomination of some other currencies (in Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, Puerto Rico, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Venezuela).
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sen.ta.vo/ ~ /sɛn.ta.vo/Category:French 3-syllable words#CENTAVOCategory:French 3-syllable words#CENTAVOCategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#CENTAVO
- Hyphenation: cen‧ta‧vo
Noun
centavo m (plural centavos)Category:French lemmas#CENTAVOCategory:French nouns#CENTAVOCategory:French countable nouns#CENTAVOCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#CENTAVOCategory:French masculine nouns#CENTAVOCategory:Pages with entries#CENTAVOCategory:Pages with 7 entries#CENTAVO
Italian
Etymology
From cento (“hundred”) + -avoCategory:Italian terms suffixed with -avo#CENTAVO.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃenˈta.vo/Category:Italian 3-syllable words#CENTAVOCategory:Italian terms with IPA pronunciation#CENTAVO
- Rhymes: -avoCategory:Rhymes:Italian/avo#CENTAVOCategory:Rhymes:Italian/avo/3 syllables#CENTAVO
- Hyphenation: cen‧tà‧vo
Noun
centavo m (plural centavi)Category:Italian lemmas#CENTAVOCategory:Italian nouns#CENTAVOCategory:Italian countable nouns#CENTAVOCategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#CENTAVOCategory:Italian masculine nouns#CENTAVOCategory:Pages with entries#CENTAVOCategory:Pages with 7 entries#CENTAVO
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
Noun
centavo m (definite singular centavoen, indefinite plural centavos or centavo, definite plural centavoene)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#CENTAVOCategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#CENTAVOCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms spelled with C#CENTAVOCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#CENTAVOCategory:Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns#CENTAVOCategory:Pages with entries#CENTAVOCategory:Pages with 7 entries#CENTAVO
- a centavo
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
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centavo m (plural centavoen)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#CENTAVOCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#CENTAVOCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms spelled with C#CENTAVOCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#CENTAVOCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns#CENTAVOCategory:Pages with entries#CENTAVOCategory:Pages with 7 entries#CENTAVO
- a centavo
Portuguese
Etymology
From cento (“hundred”) + -avoCategory:Portuguese terms suffixed with -avo#CENTAVO.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -avu, (Northern Portugal) -abuCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/avu#CENTAVOCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/avu/3 syllables#CENTAVOCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/abu#CENTAVOCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/abu/3 syllables#CENTAVO
- Hyphenation: cen‧ta‧vo
Noun
centavo m (plural centavos)Category:Portuguese lemmas#CENTAVOCategory:Portuguese nouns#CENTAVOCategory:Portuguese countable nouns#CENTAVOCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#CENTAVOCategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#CENTAVOCategory:Pages with entries#CENTAVOCategory:Pages with 7 entries#CENTAVO
- cent (a hundredth of several monetary units, including the Brazilian real, the Portuguese escudo, and the Mozambican metical)
Related terms
Further reading
- “centavo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “centavo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
| 1,000 | ||||
| [a], [b] ← 90 | ← 99 | 100 | 200 → | 1,000 → |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | ||||
| Cardinal: cien, (before lower numerals) ciento Ordinal: centésimo Ordinal abbreviation: 100.º Multiplier: céntuplo Fractional: centésimo, centavo, céntimo | ||||
| Spanish Wikipedia article on 100 | ||||
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ciento (“hundred”) + -avoCategory:Spanish terms suffixed with -avo#CENTAVO.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θenˈtabo/ [θẽn̪ˈt̪a.β̞o] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#CENTAVOCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#CENTAVO
- IPA(key): /senˈtabo/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪a.β̞o] (Latin America, Philippines)Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#CENTAVOCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#CENTAVO
- Rhymes: -aboCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/abo#CENTAVOCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/abo/3 syllables#CENTAVO
- Syllabification: cen‧ta‧vo
Adjective
centavo (feminine centava, masculine plural centavos, feminine plural centavas)Category:Spanish lemmas#CENTAVOCategory:Spanish adjectives#CENTAVOCategory:Spanish adjectives with red links in their headword lines#CENTAVOCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#CENTAVOCategory:Pages with entries#CENTAVOCategory:Pages with 7 entries#CENTAVO
- (fractional numberCategory:Spanish fractional numbers#CENTAVO) hundredth
- Synonyms: centésimo, céntimo
- una centava parte ― a hundredth partCategory:Spanish terms with usage examples#CENTAVO
Noun
centavo m (plural centavos)Category:Spanish lemmas#CENTAVOCategory:Spanish nouns#CENTAVOCategory:Spanish countable nouns#CENTAVOCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#CENTAVOCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#CENTAVOCategory:Pages with entries#CENTAVOCategory:Pages with 7 entries#CENTAVO
- (fractional numberCategory:Spanish fractional numbers#CENTAVO) hundredth
- Synonyms: centésimo, céntimo
- siete centavos ― seven hundredths (7⁄100)Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#CENTAVO
- cent (subunit of currency in US and other countries)
- Synonym: céntimo
Descendants
Further reading
- “centavo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
