peseta

Definitions


[pəˈseɪtə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- (until the introduction of the euro in 2002) the basic monetary unit of Spain, equal to 100 centimos


Phrases:

Origin:
Spanish, diminutive of pesa ‘weight’, from Latin pensa ‘things weighed’, from the verb pendere ‘weigh’




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