centavo
Spanish, noun/θenˈtabo/
centavo is spelled C-E-N-T-A-V-O (7 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 15,026th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Centavo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “hundredth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Centésima parte de la unidad de la moneda nacional de algunos países”.
What does centavo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
hundredth
una centava parte
noun
- 1
masculinehundredth
siete centavos
- 2
masculinecent (subunit of currency in US and other countries)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Centésima parte de un todo.
noun: 1. Centésima parte de la unidad de la moneda nacional de algunos países.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of centavo
- centava feminine
- centavos masculine plural
- centavas feminine plural
- ctvo. alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce centavo?
- /θenˈtabo/
- [θẽn̪ˈt̪a.β̞o]
- /senˈtabo/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to centavo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is centavo in Spanish?
centavo appears 3.6 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).