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peseta

/puh-sey-tuh; Spanish pe-se-tah/US // pəˈseɪ tə; Spanish pɛˈsɛ tɑ //UK // (pəˈseɪtə, Spanish peˈseta) //

比塞塔,比塞达,比塞特

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural pe·se·tas [puh-sey-tuhz; Spanish pe-se-tahs]. /pəˈseɪ təz; Spanish pɛˈsɛ tɑs/.

    • : a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
    • : a former silver coin of Spain and Spanish America, equal to two reals; pistareen.
    • : a former monetary unit of Equatorial Guinea: replaced by the ekuele in 1973.

Examples

  • A peseta for twenty words, including the address, is the uniform charge, every additional word being ten centimos.

  • All I possessed was one peseta and a few cuartos, which I handed over to her, very much ashamed of not having more.

  • It was so funny, he cared not a peseta if he laughed himself to death!

  • One would think one could hurl a peseta across it, until one tried.

  • Perhaps mon Americain won't think so much of his peseta bills.