different between centavo vs metical

English

Etymology

From Spanish or Portuguese.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?n?t??vo?/

Noun

centavo (plural centavos)

1. Currency unit (hundredth of a peso) in Mexico
2. A similar subdenomination of various other currencies.

Italian

Etymology

From cento (“hundred”) +? -avo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??en?ta.vo/
• Hyphenation: cen?ta?vo

Noun

centavo m (plural centavi)

1. centavo

Anagrams

• covante
• vocante

Portuguese

Etymology

From cento (“hundred”) +? -avo.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /s?.?ta.vu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /s?.?ta.vo/
• Rhymes: -avu
• Hyphenation: cen?ta?vo

Noun

centavo m (plural centavos)

1. cent (a hundredth of several monetary units, including the Brazilian real, the Portuguese escudo, and the Mozambican metical)

Related terms

• cêntimo

Spanish

Alternative forms

• ctvo.

Etymology

From ciento (“hundred”) +? -avo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /?en?tabo/, [??n??t?a.??o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /sen?tabo/, [s?n??t?a.??o]
• Hyphenation: cen?ta?vo

Noun

centavo m (plural centavos)

1. cent (subunit of currency in US and other countries)

   Synonym: céntimo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese metical, from Arabic ????????? (mi?q?l, “weight”). Doublet of mithqal

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?t??k??l/

Noun

metical (plural meticals or meticais)

1. The currency of Mozambique, divided into 100 centavos

Anagrams

• amletic, climate

Portuguese

Etymology

From Arabic ????????? (mi?q?l, “weight”).

Noun

metical m (plural meticais)

1. metical (the currency of Mozambique)