centavo
cen·ta·vo/sɛnˈtɑːvoʊ/noun
centavo is spelled C-E-N-T-A-V-O: 7 letters and 3 syllables (cen·ta·vo). It appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, centavo means “Currency unit (hundredth of a peso) in Mexico” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of centavo is centavos.
How many letters and syllables are in centavo?
| Letters | 7: C-E-N-T-A-V-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: cen·ta·vo |
| In writing | about once in every 37 million words; the 187,122nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is centavo?
Centavo appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce centavo?
- /sɛnˈtɑːvoʊ/
Centavo has 3 syllables, split cen·ta·vo in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-ca-centavo.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of centavo
- centavos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does centavo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Currency unit (hundredth of a peso) in Mexico.
- 2
A similar subdenomination of various other currencies (in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mozambique, Nicaragua, and the Philippines).
- 3
The former subdenomination of some other currencies (in Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, Puerto Rico, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Venezuela).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does centavo come from?
Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish centavo.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).