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CENTESIMO
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Irregular inflected form: centesimi
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fractional monetary unit of several countries: Panama and Italy and Uruguay and Chile
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("centesimo" is a kind of...):
fractional monetary unit; subunit (a monetary unit that is valued at a fraction (usually one hundredth) of the basic monetary unit)
Holonyms ("centesimo" is a part of...):
balboa (the basic unit of money in Panama; equal to 100 centesimos)
Italian lira; lira (formerly the basic unit of money in Italy; equal to 100 centesimi)
Chilean peso; peso (the basic unit of money in Chile; equal to 100 centesimos)
peso; Uruguayan peso (the basic unit of money in Uruguay; equal to 100 centesimos)
