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peseta

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /pəˈseɪtə/
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  • CMU ARPABET: P AH0 S EY1 T AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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noun

Meaning 1

The former currency of the Spanish Empire and Andorra, divided into 100 céntimos.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The Equatorial Guinean peseta, a former currency of Equatorial Guinea

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noun

Meaning 3

The Sahrawi peseta, de jure currency of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

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4

noun

Meaning 4

The Catalan peseta, a former currency of Catalonia.

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5

noun

Meaning 5

formerly the basic unit of money in Spain; equal to 100 centimos

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Spanish peseta

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Spanish monetary unit

History

Etymology

From Spanish peseta, from peso (“coin or weight”).

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: pezeta — currency
  • Bulgarian: песе́та (peséta) — currency
  • Catalan: pesseta — currency
  • Chinese Mandarin: 比塞塔 (bǐsàitǎ) — currency
  • French: peseta — currency
  • Galician: peseta — currency
  • German: Peseta — currency
  • Greek: πεσέτα (peséta) — currency
  • Icelandic: peseti — currency
  • Italian: peseta — currency
  • Japanese: ペセタ (peseta) — currency
  • Malay: peseta — currency
  • Occitan: pesseta — currency
  • Portuguese: peseta — currency
  • Romanian: pesetă — currency
  • Russian: песе́та (peséta) — currency
  • Spanish: peseta — currency
  • Volapük: peset — currency