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el centavo in English

cent, penny noun Latin America

Number 4,911 of the 5,000 most used words in Latin American Spanish.

Example

No me queda ni un centavo.

I don't have a single penny left.

In Spain

People say el céntimo.

Before: el sapo · Next: israelí

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