Centavo (en. Cent)

/sen'taβo/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish

noun

Monetary unit used in several Latin American countries, equivalent to one-hundredth of the main currency.

They gave me change of a ten-dollar bill for one hundred cents.

Me cambiaron un billete de diez dólares por cien centavos.

Term used to refer to a small amount of money.

I only have a couple of cents in my pocket.

No tengo más que un par de centavos en el bolsillo.

Monetary subunit in countries that use the dollar or other similar currencies.

In some places, a cent may not have much value.

En algunos lugares, un centavo puede no tener mucho valor.

From the Latin 'centavus', which means 'one hundred'.

not worth a cent

It has no value at all.

no vale un centavo

to cost a cent

To be very cheap.

costar un centavo

to do something for cents

To do something with little financial investment.

hacer algo por centavos

peso

Monetary unit used in several countries, equivalent to one hundred cents.

peso

dollar

Currency used in the United States and in other countries, equivalent to one hundred cents.

dólar

currency

Currency used in a country for economic transactions.

moneda

Small amount of money.

With that you can't buy anything, it's just cents.

Con eso no compras nada, son solo centavos.

Inutility or little importance.

That comment isn't worth a cent.

Ese comentario no vale un centavo.