- cen|ta|vo
- cen|ta|vo «sehn TAH voh», noun, plural -vos.1. a small coin of Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and the Philippines. 100 centavos make one peso.2. a former coin of Portugal, worth 1/100 of an escudo.3. a coin of Brazil, worth 1/100 of a cruzado.4. a coin of Argentina, worth 1/100 of an austral.5. one hundredth part of the basic unit of money in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Peru, and Ecuador.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.