Definitions for centavos

centavos cen·ta·vo

Spelling: [sen-tah-voh; Spanish sen-tah-vaw]
IPA: /sɛnˈtɑ voʊ; Spanish sɛnˈtɑ vɔ/

Centavos is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 415 anagrams from letters in centavos (acenostv).

Definitions for centavos

noun

  1. the 100th part of the monetary units of various nations, including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Mexico, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Peru, and the Philippines.

Origin of centavos

1880-85; Spanish: the 100th part, equivalent to cent- 100 (see cent) + -avo Latin -āvum as in octāvum eighth; see octavo

Examples for centavos

So she won every ounce, dollar, real, and centavo they had in their pockets!

I toss her a centavo, and she allows me to kodak herself and child.

At the Rancho Tejemanil, I offered a boy a centavo for bringing me a cup of cold water.

Out of pity he gave her a centavo, and in return she gave him an empty purse from which he could ask any sum of money he wanted.

Buyo and cigars.The luxuries of the Filipinos are buyo8 and cigars—a cigar costing half a centavo, and a buyo much less.

They also sell four centavo stamps for two and three centavos.

Nation has interesting monetary system based on peso with peso being worth 100 centavos and centavo being worth nothing.

Kining gidak-úna sa agridulsi manintabus, This size of calamondin is one centavo apiece.

Not one centavo of the funds appropriated had ever been expended.

We buy several oranges for a centavo, and a centavo is worth less than half an American cent.

Word Value for centavos
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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