Meaning

2 senses
  1. (historical)A former unit of currency in Spain and Spain's colonies, worth 8 reales; the Spanish dollar.

    Peso

    пе́соpéso

    песоpeso

  2. The circulating currency of various Spanish-speaking American countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Uruguay) and the Philippines.

More definitions
  • the basic unit of money in Chile; equal to 100 centesimos
  • the basic unit of money in Colombia; equal to 100 centavos
  • the basic unit of money in Cuba; equal to 100 centavos
  • the basic unit of money in the Dominican Republic; equal to 100 centavos

Examples

25 sentences
  1. I had three pesos left.

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  2. It cost about thirty pesos.

    deEs kostete etwa dreißig Pesos.

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  3. I need to exchange dollars for pesos.

    Мені треба поміняти долари на песо.

    ruМне нужно обменять доллары на песо.

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  4. I have less than a hundred pesos.

    В мене менше ста песо.

    ruУ меня меньше ста песо.

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  5. I have a hundred pesos.

    У мене є сто песо.

    ruУ меня сто песо.

    deIch habe hundert Pesos.

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Translations

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Origin

Borrowed from Spanish peso.

Borrowed from Spanish peso.

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Forms

plural: pesos
Singularpeso
Pluralpesos

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the basic unit of money in Chile; equal to 100 centesimos:Chilean peso
  • the basic unit of money in Colombia; equal to 100 centavos:Colombian peso
  • the basic unit of money in Cuba; equal to 100 centavos:Cuban peso
  • the basic unit of money in the Dominican Republic; equal to 100 centavos:Dominican peso
  • the basic unit of money in Guinea-Bissau; equal to 100 centavos:Guinea-Bissau peso
  • the basic unit of money in Mexico; equal to 100 centavos:Mexican peso

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
peso — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto