Centavo is a
SpanishSpanish or Castilian is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that originated in northern Spain and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile, evolving into the principal language of government and trade in the Iberian peninsula...
and
PortuguesePortuguese is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia and northern Portugal. It is derived from the Latin spoken by the romanized Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula around 2000 years ago...
word, derived from the
LatinLatin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Roman conquest, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe...
centum, meaning "one hundred", and the suffix
-avo, meaning "portion" or "fraction".
Centavo means, strictly, "one-hundredth".
It is a fractional monetary unit, used to represent one hundredth of a basic monetary unit in many countries around the world, including:
- Argentine peso
The peso is the currency of Argentina. Its ISO 4217 code is ARS, and the symbol used locally for it is $ . It is divided into 100 centavos...
- Bolivian boliviano
The boliviano is the currency of Bolivia. It is divided into 100 centavos. Boliviano was also the name of the currency of Bolivia between 1864 and 1963.-First boliviano:...
- Brazilian real
The real is the present-day currency of Brazil and was also the currency during the period 1690 to 1942. When the first real circulated, the plural used was réis. The currently used plural form is reais, with the symbol R$ and ISO 4217 code BRL. The modern real is subdivided into 100 centavos...
- Cape Verdean escudo
The escudo is the currency of Cape Verde, a former Portuguese colony. Its ISO 4217 code is CVE. Amounts are generally written by using $ as the decimal separator, such as 20$00 for 20 escudos, or 1.000$00 for 1000.- History :...
- Chilean peso
The peso is the currency of Chile. The current peso has circulated since 1975, with a previous version circulating between 1817 and 1960. The symbol used locally for it is $. The ISO 4217 code for the present peso is CLP. It is subdivided into 100 centavos, although no centavo denominated coins...
until 1984
- Colombian peso
The peso is the currency of the Republic of Colombia. Its ISO 4217 code is COP and it is also informally abbreviated as COL$. However, the official peso symbol is $. See Currency of Colombia for more detail on Colombia's monetary history. As of October 14, 2009, the exchange rate of the Colombian...
- Dominican peso
The peso oro is the currency of the Dominican Republic. Its symbol is "$", with "RD$" used when distinction from other pesos is required; its ISO 4217 code is "DOP". Each peso is divided into 100 centavos, for which the ¢ symbol is used...
- East Timor centavo coins
For earlier currencies issued by East Timor, see Portuguese Timorese escudo and Portuguese Timorese pataca.East Timor centavo coins were introduced in East Timor in 2003 for use alongside United States Dollar banknotes and coins, which had been introduced in 2000 to replace the Indonesian rupiah...
- Ecuadorian centavo coins
Ecuadorian centavo coins were introduced in 2000 when Ecuador converted its currency from the sucre to the U.S. dollar. The coins are in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 centavos and are identical in size and value to their US cent counterparts They circulate within Ecuador alongside coins and...
- Guatemalan quetzal
The quetzal is the currency of Guatemala. It is named after the national bird of Guatemala, the Resplendent Quetzal and is divided into 100 cents . The plural can be either quetzales or quetzals...
- Honduran lempira
The lempiras is the currency of Honduras. It is subdivided into 100 centavos. The lempira was named after the 16th-century cacique Lempira, a ruler of the indigenous Lenca people, who is renowned in Honduran folklore for leading the local native resistance against the Spanish conquistador forces...
- Mexican peso
The peso is the currency of Mexico. The peso was the first currency in the world to use the "$" sign, which the United States dollar later adopted for its own use. The peso is the 12th most traded currency in the world and by far the most traded currency in Latin America and third most traded in...
- Mozambican metical
The metical is the currency of Mozambique, abbreviated with the symbol MZN or MTn. It is nominally divided into 100 centavos, which have inflated out of use since the currency's introduction.-First metical :...
- Nicaraguan córdoba
The córdoba is the currency of Nicaragua. It is divided into 100 centavos.- History :The first córdoba was introduced on March 20, 1912. It replaced the peso at a rate of 12½ pesos = 1 córdoba & was initially equal to the US dollar...
- Philippine peso
The peso is the currency of the Philippines. It is subdivided into 100 centavos or sentimo . Before 1967, the language used on the banknotes and coins was English and so "peso" was the name used...
(In English usage, although sentimoThe céntimo or was a currency unit of Spain and other countries which were historically influenced by Spain or Portugal . The word derived from the Latin Centum meaning "hundred"...
(céntimo) is used in Filipino.)
- Costa Rican colón
The colón is the currency of Costa Rica. The plural is colones in Spanish, but English-speakers often say colons instead. The ISO 4217 code is CRC....
(Between 1917 and 1920 only.
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Centavo is a
SpanishSpanish or Castilian is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that originated in northern Spain and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile, evolving into the principal language of government and trade in the Iberian peninsula...
and
PortuguesePortuguese is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia and northern Portugal. It is derived from the Latin spoken by the romanized Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula around 2000 years ago...
word, derived from the
LatinLatin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Roman conquest, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe...
centum, meaning "one hundred", and the suffix
-avo, meaning "portion" or "fraction".
Centavo means, strictly, "one-hundredth".
It is a fractional monetary unit, used to represent one hundredth of a basic monetary unit in many countries around the world, including:
Circulating
- Argentine peso
The peso is the currency of Argentina. Its ISO 4217 code is ARS, and the symbol used locally for it is $ . It is divided into 100 centavos...
- Bolivian boliviano
The boliviano is the currency of Bolivia. It is divided into 100 centavos. Boliviano was also the name of the currency of Bolivia between 1864 and 1963.-First boliviano:...
- Brazilian real
The real is the present-day currency of Brazil and was also the currency during the period 1690 to 1942. When the first real circulated, the plural used was réis. The currently used plural form is reais, with the symbol R$ and ISO 4217 code BRL. The modern real is subdivided into 100 centavos...
- Cape Verdean escudo
The escudo is the currency of Cape Verde, a former Portuguese colony. Its ISO 4217 code is CVE. Amounts are generally written by using $ as the decimal separator, such as 20$00 for 20 escudos, or 1.000$00 for 1000.- History :...
- Chilean peso
The peso is the currency of Chile. The current peso has circulated since 1975, with a previous version circulating between 1817 and 1960. The symbol used locally for it is $. The ISO 4217 code for the present peso is CLP. It is subdivided into 100 centavos, although no centavo denominated coins...
until 1984
- Colombian peso
The peso is the currency of the Republic of Colombia. Its ISO 4217 code is COP and it is also informally abbreviated as COL$. However, the official peso symbol is $. See Currency of Colombia for more detail on Colombia's monetary history. As of October 14, 2009, the exchange rate of the Colombian...
- Dominican peso
The peso oro is the currency of the Dominican Republic. Its symbol is "$", with "RD$" used when distinction from other pesos is required; its ISO 4217 code is "DOP". Each peso is divided into 100 centavos, for which the ¢ symbol is used...
- East Timor centavo coins
For earlier currencies issued by East Timor, see Portuguese Timorese escudo and Portuguese Timorese pataca.East Timor centavo coins were introduced in East Timor in 2003 for use alongside United States Dollar banknotes and coins, which had been introduced in 2000 to replace the Indonesian rupiah...
- Ecuadorian centavo coins
Ecuadorian centavo coins were introduced in 2000 when Ecuador converted its currency from the sucre to the U.S. dollar. The coins are in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 centavos and are identical in size and value to their US cent counterparts They circulate within Ecuador alongside coins and...
- Guatemalan quetzal
The quetzal is the currency of Guatemala. It is named after the national bird of Guatemala, the Resplendent Quetzal and is divided into 100 cents . The plural can be either quetzales or quetzals...
- Honduran lempira
The lempiras is the currency of Honduras. It is subdivided into 100 centavos. The lempira was named after the 16th-century cacique Lempira, a ruler of the indigenous Lenca people, who is renowned in Honduran folklore for leading the local native resistance against the Spanish conquistador forces...
- Mexican peso
The peso is the currency of Mexico. The peso was the first currency in the world to use the "$" sign, which the United States dollar later adopted for its own use. The peso is the 12th most traded currency in the world and by far the most traded currency in Latin America and third most traded in...
- Mozambican metical
The metical is the currency of Mozambique, abbreviated with the symbol MZN or MTn. It is nominally divided into 100 centavos, which have inflated out of use since the currency's introduction.-First metical :...
- Nicaraguan córdoba
The córdoba is the currency of Nicaragua. It is divided into 100 centavos.- History :The first córdoba was introduced on March 20, 1912. It replaced the peso at a rate of 12½ pesos = 1 córdoba & was initially equal to the US dollar...
- Philippine peso
The peso is the currency of the Philippines. It is subdivided into 100 centavos or sentimo . Before 1967, the language used on the banknotes and coins was English and so "peso" was the name used...
(In English usage, although sentimoThe céntimo or was a currency unit of Spain and other countries which were historically influenced by Spain or Portugal . The word derived from the Latin Centum meaning "hundred"...
(céntimo) is used in Filipino.)
Obsolete
- Costa Rican colón
The colón is the currency of Costa Rica. The plural is colones in Spanish, but English-speakers often say colons instead. The ISO 4217 code is CRC....
(Between 1917 and 1920 only. As céntimoThe céntimo or was a currency unit of Spain and other countries which were historically influenced by Spain or Portugal . The word derived from the Latin Centum meaning "hundred"...
for other periods.)
- Ecuadorian sucre
The sucre was the currency of Ecuador between 1884 and 2000. Its ISO code was ECS and it was subdivided into 10 decimos or 100 centavos. The sucre was named after Antonio José de Sucre.-History:...
(New centavo coins continued to circulate after the sucre was replaced by U.S. dollarThe United States dollar is the unit of currency of the United States. The U.S. dollar is normally abbreviated as the dollar sign, $, or as USD or US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies and from others that use the $ symbol. It is divided into 100 cents .The U.S...
in 2000.)
- Salvadoran colón
The colón was the currency of El Salvador between 1919 and 2001. It was subdivided into 100 centavos and its ISO 4217 code was SVC. The plural is colones in Spanish but English-speakers often say colons instead. The currency was named after Christopher Columbus, known as Cristóbal Colón in...
- Guinea Bissau peso
The peso was the currency of Guinea-Bissau from 1975 to 1997 and was divided into 100 centavos. It replaced the escudo at par. In 1997, Guinea Bissau adopted the CFA franc of the West African States, using a conversion rate of 65 pesos to the franc....
- Mozambican escudo
The escudo was the currency of Mozambique from 1914 until 1980. It was subdivided into 100 centavos.-History:The escudo replaced the real at a rate of 1 escudo = 1000 réis. It was equal in value to the Portuguese escudo until 1977. Initially, Mozambique had its own paper money but used Portuguese...
- Portuguese escudo
The escudo was the currency of Portugal prior to the introduction of the Euro on 1 January 1999 and was removed from circulation on 28 February 2002. The ISO 4217 code of the escudo was PTE. The escudo was subdivided into 100 centavos. Its symbol was the cifrão , similar to the dollar sign, but...
(Before the euroThe euro is the official currency of 16 of the 27 Member States of the European Union . The states, known collectively as the Eurozone, are Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain...
was introduced)
- Portuguese Guinean escudo
The escudo was the currency of Portuguese Guinea between 1914 and 1975. It was equal to the Portuguese escudo and replaced the real at a rate of 1000 réis = 1 escudo. The escudo was subdivided into 100 centavos. Portugal issued banknotes and coins for use in Portuguese Guinea...
- Portuguese Indian escudo
The escudo was the currency of Portuguese India between 1958 and 1961. It was divisible into 100 centavos and was equal in value to the Portuguese escudo.-History:The escudo replaced the rúpia at the rate of 1 rúpia = 6 escudos...
- Puerto Rican peso
- São Tomé and Príncipe escudo
The escudo was the currency of São Tomé and Príncipe between 1914 and 1977. It was equivalent to the Portuguese escudo and subdivided into 100 centavos.-History:...
- Venezuelan venezolano
The venezolano was the currency of Venezuela between 1872 and 1879. It was divided into 100 centavos, although the names céntimo and centésimo were also used. Venezolano was also the name of two currencies planned in 1854 and 1865 .-History:The monetary law of May 11, 1871 replaced the peso with...
- Venezuelan peso
-History:Until 1821, the Spanish colonial real circulated in Venezuela. Between 1802 and 1821, the Caracas mint issued reales. In 1811, the United States of Venezuela was declared and issued paper money denominated in reales and pesos, with 8 reales = 1 peso. The Colombian real circulated in...