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centavo
cen·ta·vo [ sen tvō ] (plural cen·ta·vos)


noun 
Definition:
 
common unit of currency: a subunit of currency in several Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries
[Late 19th century. < Spanish, Portuguese, "hundredth" < Latin centum "hundred"]
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