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The céntimo (in Spanish-speaking countries) or cêntimo (in Portuguese-speaking countries) was a currency unit of Spain, Portugal and their former colonies. The word derived from the Latin centimus [1] meaning "hundredth part".
The 1 lira cent (Italian: centesimo di lira), commonly called centesimino, [1] was the smallest denomination of Italian lira coins. Like the contemporary 1, 2 and 5 cent coins, it was made of a bronze alloy composed of 960‰ copper and 40‰ tin. [2]
Centesimo (Italian: centesimo; pl.: centesimi; Spanish: centésimo; pl.: centésimos) is a currency unit equivalent to cent, derived from the Latin centesimus meaning ...
The centavo (Spanish and Portuguese 'one hundredth') is a fractional monetary unit that represents one hundredth of a basic monetary unit in many countries around the world. [1]
The Venezuelan twelve-and-a-half-céntimo coin (12 + 1 ⁄ 2 céntimos), was a cupro-nickel money and that was worth one-eighth of a silver Venezuelan Bolivar (VEB), [1] this round piece of metal was known also with the very popular nicknames of "locha" (pronounced) [2] or "cuartillo" (pronounced [kwaɾˈtiʝo]).
The alternatives are centimo from the French centime or a more technical centono, literally, "one-hundredth part". (Esperanto speakers are unlikely to call a cent cento, since cento means a group of 100, rather than a hundredth.)
The centimo was recognized, though, as an accounting unit worth 1/100 of a peso. In 1897 Spain brought 5 and 10 centimos de peseta coins for use in the Philippines as 1 and 2 centimos de peso . The first one- centavo coin was issued under American rule in 1903.
In the European community, cent is the official name for one hundredth of a euro.However, in French-speaking countries, the word centime is the preferred term.The Superior Council of the French language of Belgium recommended in 2001 the use of centime, since cent is also the French word for "hundred".