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centavo

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cen⋅ta⋅vo

  [sen-tah-voh; Sp. sen-tah-vaw]
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–noun, plural -vos  [-vohz; Sp. -vaws] .
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, the Philippines, and Portugal.
Origin:
1880–85; < Sp: the 100th part, equiv. to cent- 100 (see cent ) + -avo < L -āvum as in octāvum eighth; see octavo
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cen·ta·vo   (sěn-tä'vō)   
n.   pl. cen·ta·vos
See Table at currency.

[Spanish, hundredth, from Latin centum, hundred; see dek in Indo-European roots.]
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