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
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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.
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