English Explanatory Dictionary

peseta

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The former currency of the Spanish Empire and Andorra, divided into 100 céntimos.
  2. The Equatorial Guinean peseta, a former currency of Equatorial Guinea
  3. The Sahrawi peseta, de jure currency of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
  4. The Catalan peseta, a former currency of Catalonia.

Pronunciation

/pəˈseɪtə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-peseta.wav

Word forms

peseta pesetas

Etymology

From Spanish peseta, from peso (“coin or weight”).

Translations

Basque: pezeta Bulgarian: песе́та Catalan: pesseta Chinese Mandarin: 比塞塔 French: peseta Galician: peseta German: Peseta Greek: πεσέτα Icelandic: peseti Italian: peseta Japanese: ペセタ Malay: peseta Occitan: pesseta Portuguese: peseta Romanian: pesetă Russian: песе́та Spanish: peseta Volapük: peset
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