peseta
See also: pęseta
English
Etymology
From Spanish peseta, from peso (“coin or weight”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pəˈseɪtə/
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Noun
peseta (plural pesetas)
- The former currency of the Spanish Empire and Andorra, divided into 100 céntimos.
- 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 31, in The Dust of Conflict:
- The task was more to Appleby's liking than the one he had anticipated, and it was necessary, since the smaller merchants in Cuba and also in parts of Peninsular Spain have no great confidence in bankers, and prefer a packet of golden onzas or a bag of pesetas to the best accredited cheque.
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- The Equatorial Guinean peseta, a former currency of Equatorial Guinea
- The Sahrawi peseta, de jure currency of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
- The Catalan peseta, a former currency of Catalonia.
Translations
currency
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Anagrams
- Eastep, PETase, septae, étapes
Asturian
Noun
peseta f (plural pesetes)
- peseta
Finnish
Etymology
From Spanish peseta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpesetɑ/, [ˈpe̞s̠e̞t̪ɑ]
- Rhymes: -esetɑ
- Syllabification(key): pe‧se‧ta
Noun
peseta
- peseta
Declension
Inflection of peseta (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | peseta | pesetat | |
genitive | pesetan | pesetoiden pesetoitten pesetojen | |
partitive | pesetaa | pesetoita pesetoja | |
illative | pesetaan | pesetoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | peseta | pesetat | |
accusative | nom. | peseta | pesetat |
gen. | pesetan | ||
genitive | pesetan | pesetoiden pesetoitten pesetojen pesetainrare | |
partitive | pesetaa | pesetoita pesetoja | |
inessive | pesetassa | pesetoissa | |
elative | pesetasta | pesetoista | |
illative | pesetaan | pesetoihin | |
adessive | pesetalla | pesetoilla | |
ablative | pesetalta | pesetoilta | |
allative | pesetalle | pesetoille | |
essive | pesetana | pesetoina | |
translative | pesetaksi | pesetoiksi | |
instructive | — | pesetoin | |
abessive | pesetatta | pesetoitta | |
comitative | — | pesetoineen |
Possessive forms of peseta (type katiska) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | pesetani | pesetamme |
2nd person | pesetasi | pesetanne |
3rd person | pesetansa |
French
Alternative forms
- péséta (1990 reform spelling)
Noun
peseta f (plural pesetas)
- peseta
Further reading
- “peseta”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- épates, épatés, étapes, pâtées, tapées
Galician
Noun
peseta f (plural pesetas)
- peseta
Further reading
- “peseta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peˈzɛ.ta/, /peˈze.ta/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛta, -eta
- Hyphenation: pe‧sè‧ta, pe‧sé‧ta
Noun
peseta f (plural pesete)
- peseta
References
- peseta in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
- pesate, sapete
Portuguese
Noun
peseta f (plural pesetas)
- peseta (former currency unit of Spain and Andorra)
Spanish
Etymology
From peso (“coin or weight”) + -eta (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peˈseta/ [peˈse.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -eta
- Syllabification: pe‧se‧ta
Noun
peseta f (plural pesetas)
- (historical) peseta (Spanish currency before the Euro)
Derived terms
- pesetero m, pesetera f
See also
- nadie da duros a pesetas (colloquial, becoming dated)
- ser más majo que las pesetas (colloquial, becoming dated)
Further reading
- “peseta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- piseta
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish peseta.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pe‧se‧ta
- IPA(key): /peˈseta/, [peˈse.tɐ]
Noun
peseta (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜐᜒᜆ)
- twenty centavos
- former coin worth twenty centavos
Derived terms
- mameseta
Related terms
- piso