peseta

[ puh-sey-tuh; Spanish pe-se-tah ]

/ pəˈseɪ tə; Spanish pɛˈsɛ tɑ /

noun, plural pe·se·tas [puh-sey-tuhz; Spanish pe-se-tahs]. /pəˈseɪ təz; Spanish pɛˈsɛ tɑs/.

a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.

a former silver coin of Spain and Spanish America, equal to two reals; pistareen.

a former monetary unit of Equatorial Guinea: replaced by the ekuele in 1973.

Origin of peseta

1805–15; <Spanish, diminutive of pesa a weight. See peso

Words nearby peseta

pes anserinus, Pesaro, Pescadores, Pescara, pescatarian, peseta, pesewa, Peshawar, pes hippocampi, Peshitta, pesky

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Example sentences from the Web for peseta

A peseta for twenty words, including the address, is the uniform charge, every additional word being ten centimos.
Spanish Life in Town and Country|L. Higgin and Eugne E. Street
He had to have his peseta for the night's session at coffee and dominoes.
Mayflower (Flor de mayo)|Vicente Blasco Ibez
This was "Elias," where we could dine excellently for the sum of one peseta fifty centimos apiece.
Poor Folk in Spain|Jan Gordon
If I had only possessed a spare dollar or two, the thing would have been simple; but not owning a peseta, I had tremors.
The Recipe for Diamonds|Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne

Perhaps mon Americain won't think so much of his peseta bills.
The Wolf Cub|Patrick Casey

British Dictionary definitions for peseta

peseta

/ (pəˈseɪtə, Spanish peˈseta) /

noun

the former standard monetary unit of Spain and Andorra, divided into 100 céntimos; replaced by the euro in 2002

Word Origin for peseta

C19: from Spanish, diminutive of peso

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单词	peseta
释义	peseta [ puh-sey-tuh; Spanish pe-se-tah ] / pəˈseɪ tə; Spanish pɛˈsɛ tɑ / noun, plural pe·se·tas [puh-sey-tuhz; Spanish pe-se-tahs]. /pəˈseɪ təz; Spanish pɛˈsɛ tɑs/. a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta. a former silver coin of Spain and Spanish America, equal to two reals; pistareen. a former monetary unit of Equatorial Guinea: replaced by the ekuele in 1973. Origin of peseta 1805–15; <Spanish, diminutive of pesa a weight. See peso Words nearby peseta pes anserinus, Pesaro, Pescadores, Pescara, pescatarian, peseta, pesewa, Peshawar, pes hippocampi, Peshitta, pesky Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for peseta A peseta for twenty words, including the address, is the uniform charge, every additional word being ten centimos. Spanish Life in Town and Country\|L. Higgin and Eugne E. Street He had to have his peseta for the night's session at coffee and dominoes. Mayflower (Flor de mayo)\|Vicente Blasco Ibez This was "Elias," where we could dine excellently for the sum of one peseta fifty centimos apiece. Poor Folk in Spain\|Jan Gordon If I had only possessed a spare dollar or two, the thing would have been simple; but not owning a peseta, I had tremors. The Recipe for Diamonds\|Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne Perhaps mon Americain won't think so much of his peseta bills. The Wolf Cub\|Patrick Casey British Dictionary definitions for peseta peseta / (pəˈseɪtə, Spanish peˈseta) / noun the former standard monetary unit of Spain and Andorra, divided into 100 céntimos; replaced by the euro in 2002 Word Origin for peseta C19: from Spanish, diminutive of peso Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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