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Vinony

centavo

noun

  1. fractional monetary unit, used to represent one hundredth of a basic monetary unit in many countries
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /sɛnˈtɑːvoʊ/

noun

Etymology: From Spanish or Portuguese.

  1. Currency unit (hundredth of a peso) in Mexico.
  2. 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).
  3. 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).