peseta
/pəˈseɪtə/noun
peseta is spelled P-E-S-E-T-A: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, peseta means “The former currency of the Spanish Empire and Andorra, divided into 100 céntimos” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of peseta is pesetas.
How many letters and syllables are in peseta?
| Letters | 6: P-E-S-E-T-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 118,441st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is peseta?
Peseta appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st 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 peseta?
- /pəˈseɪtə/
Peseta has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-peseta.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of peseta
- pesetas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does peseta mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate peseta?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of peseta: pta.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Peseta in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense currency:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does peseta come from?
From Spanish peseta, from peso (“coin or weight”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).