English Explanatory Dictionary

peso

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A former unit of currency in Spain and Spain's colonies, worth 8 reales; the Spanish dollar.
The circulating currency of various Spanish-speaking American countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Uruguay) and the Philippines.

Pronunciation

/ˈpeɪsəʊ/ /ˈpɛso/ En-ca-peso.oga

Word forms

peso pesos

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish peso.

Synonyms

adarme Spanish dollar

Related words

avoirdupois pansy pensive poise

Derived words

pesoization pesoize peso ley South Pacific peso

Translations

Arabic: بِيزُو Arabic: بِيسُو Asturian: pesu Central Bikol: piso Bulgarian: пе́со Catalan: peso Chinese Mandarin: 比索 Chinese Mandarin: 披索 Czech: peso Finnish: peso French: peso French: péso German: Peso Greek: πέσο Hindi: पेसो Japanese: ペソ Khmer: ពេសូ Korean: 페소 Latin: pensum Macedonian: песо Malay: peso Māori: peho Marathi: पेसो Persian: پزو Polish: peso Portuguese: peso Romanian: peso Russian: пе́со Spanish: peso Tagalog: piso Thai: เปโซ Turkish: peso Ukrainian: песо Yiddish: פּעסאָ

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.

Back to search All on P Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary