different between peso vs euro

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish peso.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pe?s??/
• (PH) IPA^(key): /?p?so?/, [?p?so]

Noun

peso (plural pesos)

1. (historical) A former unit of currency in Spain and Spain's colonies, worth 8 reales; the Spanish dollar.
2. The currency of various countries, including but not limited to Argentina, Chile, Mexico and the Philippines.

Related terms

• poise
• pansy
• pensive
• avoirdupois

Translations

Anagrams

• ESOP, PEOs, epos, opes, peos, poes, pose, posé, sope

Catalan

Verb

peso

1. first-person singular present indicative form of pesar

Czech

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p?so]
• Rhymes: -?so
• Hyphenation: pe?so

Noun

peso n

1. peso (any of multiple currencies)

Declension

Further reading

• peso in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu
• peso in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish peso.

Noun

peso

1. (mexican) peso

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?peso/
• Hyphenation: pe?so
• Rhymes: -eso

Noun

peso (accusative singular peson, plural pesoj, accusative plural pesojn)

1. (numismatics) peso

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish peso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?peso/, [?pe?s?o?]
• Rhymes: -eso
• Syllabification: pe?so

Noun

peso

1. peso (currency; coin or note of one peso)

Declension

Anagrams

• pose

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese peso, from Vulgar Latin *p?sum, from Latin p?nsum.

Noun

peso m (plural pesos)

1. weight
2. peso (unit of currency)

Derived terms

• peso molecular
• pesos e contrapesos
• pesos e medidas

Related terms

• pesar

Italian

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *p?sum, from Latin p?nsum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pe.zo/, (traditional) /?pe.so/
• Rhymes: -ezo
• Hyphenation: pé?so

Noun

peso m (plural pesi)

1. weight

Related terms

• pesalettere
• pesante
• pesare
• pesata
• pesiera
• pesista
• pesistica

Etymology 2

Deverbal of pesare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pe.zo/, (traditional) /?pe.so/
• Rhymes: -ezo
• Hyphenation: pé?so

Adjective

peso (feminine pesa, masculine plural pesi, feminine plural pese)

1. (informal, Tuscany) heavy
2. (informal, Tuscany, figuratively) oppressive

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pe.zo/, (traditional) /?pe.so/
• Rhymes: -ezo
• Hyphenation: pé?so

Verb

peso

1. first-person singular present indicative of pesare

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Spanish peso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?.zo/
• Rhymes: -?zo
• Hyphenation: pè?so

Noun

peso m (plural pesos)

1. peso

References

Anagrams

• pose

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin pensum, via English peso and Spanish peso.

Noun

peso m (definite singular pesoen, indefinite plural peso or pesos, definite plural pesoene)

1. a peso (currency unit of several Latin American countries, as well as the Philippines)

References

• “peso” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin pensum, via English peso and Spanish peso.

Noun

peso m (definite singular pesoen, indefinite plural peso or pesos, definite plural pesoane)

1. a peso (currency unit, as above)

References

• “peso” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *p?sum, from Latin p?nsum, from pend? (“I weigh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?pe.so]

Noun

peso m (plural pesos)

1. weight

Synonyms

• pesadumbre f

Related terms

• pesado (“heavy”)
• pesar (“to weigh”)

Descendants

• Spanish: peso

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese peso, from Vulgar Latin *p?sum, from Latin p?nsum, from the verb penso (“I weigh”).

Alternative forms

• pêso (obsolete, noun only)

Pronunciation

Noun:

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?pe.zu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?pe.zu/, [?pe.z??]

Verb:

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /?p?.zu/

• Hyphenation: pe?so

Noun

peso m (plural pesos)

1. weight (force on an object due to the gravitational attraction)
2. heaviness (the condition of being heavy)
3. weight (object used for its heaviness)
   1. (weightlifting) weight (heavy object lifted for strength training)
   2. (athletics) shot (heavy ball thrown in shot put)
4. (figuratively) weight (importance or influence)
5. (figuratively) emotional pressure
6. (sports) weight class (subdivision of a competition based on the competitors’ weight)
7. (mathematics) weight (value that multiplies a variable)
8. (typography) weight; boldness (thickness of a character’s strokes)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:peso.

Synonyms

• (heaviness): pesadez (less common)

Antonyms

• (heaviness): leveza

Derived terms

• pesinho, pesozinho (diminutives)
• pesão (augmentative)

Related terms

• pesado
• pesagem
• pesar

Verb

peso

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of pesar

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish peso.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?pe.zu/, /?pe.su/, /?pe.so/

Noun

peso m (plural pesos)

1. peso (currency unit of Argentina, Chile, Mexico and the Philippines)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?peso/, [?pe.so]

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish peso, from Vulgar Latin *p?sum, from Latin p?nsum, from pend? (“to weigh”). Doublet of the semi-learned pienso.

Noun

peso m (plural pesos)

1. (physics) weight (the force on an object due to gravitational attraction)
2. weight (a block of metal used in a balance)
3. weight class
4. peso (unit of currency)
5. weight (importance or influence)
6. weight, burden, load, brunt (pressure)

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

• pesa
• pesar
• pienso
• pensar

Descendants

• ? Bikol Central: piso
• ? English: peso
• ? Basque: pisu
• ? Cebuano: piso
• ? Tagalog: piso

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

peso

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of pesar.

Further reading

• “peso” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?j?????/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?j??o?/, /?j?o?/

Etymology 1

The name euro was the winner of a contest open to the general public to propose names for the new European currency, and as such is technically a neologism, although it obviously alludes to the common root of geographical names for the continent Europe, derived from Latin Europa, from Ancient Greek ?????? (Eur?p?), the name in Greek mythology of a princess, abducted by Zeus as a bull across the Bosphorus.

Alternative forms

• Euro (proscribed)

Noun

euro (plural euros or euro)

1. The currency unit of the European Monetary Union. Symbol: €

   Synonym: EUR

2. A coin with a face value of 1 euro.
3. Abbreviation of European in any sense.

Usage notes

• The plural recommended for use in official European documents written in English had been euro for some time, but this recommendation has been amended to euros. However, in Irish English the plural euro is now well-established.

Derived terms

• euro area
• euro coin
• eurozone

Translations

Etymology 2

From Adnyamathanha yuru, thuru.

Noun

euro (plural euros)

1. Macropus robustus, a wallaroo (macropod species).

Translations

See also

• joey
• kangaroo
• macropod
• marsupial
• wallaby

Further reading

• euro on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

• ouer, roué, ureo-

Adnyamathanha

Alternative forms

• yuru

Noun

euro

1. wallaroo, euro

Catalan

Noun

euro m (plural euros)

1. euro (currency)

Further reading

• “euro” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “euro” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “euro” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??u?ro]

Noun

euro n

1. euro (currency)

   Synonyms: é?ko, eurá?

Declension

Derived terms

• euromince
• eurozóna

Further reading

• euro in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Danish

Etymology

Clipping of europæisk (“European”), introduced in 1995.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /øvro/, [?œw?o], (regional) IPA^(key): /?jro/, [??j?o], IPA^(key): /evro/, [?ew?o], (proscribed) IPA^(key): /jurov/, [?ju??w]

Noun

euro c (singular definite euroen, plural indefinite euroer or euro)

1. euro (currency)

Usage notes

Amounts are given with the plural indefinite euro.

Inflection

Further reading

• euro on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Etymology

International coinage, from euro- and Europa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ø?ro?/
• Hyphenation: eu?ro

Noun

euro f or m (plural euro's, diminutive eurootje n)

1. euro (currency)

   Die broek kost tachtig euro. — These pants cost eighty euros.

   Hij heb vijftien euri betaald daaro.

2. A euro (a coin of that currency)

   Heb jij twee euro's voor de automaat? — Do you have two euro coins for the machine?

Usage notes

Sense 1 has an invariable plural: euro. The plural euri or eurie is sometimes used colloquially.

Estonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

euro (genitive euro, partitive eurot)

1. euro (currency)

Declension

Finnish

Etymology

A cross-European neologism. See euro for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?eu?ro/, [?e?u?ro?]
• Rhymes: -euro
• Syllabification: eu?ro

Noun

euro

1. euro (currency)

Usage notes

• For the usage with cardinal numbers, see Appendix:Finnish numbers.

Declension

Compounds

See also

• Terms prefixed with euro-.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ø.?o/

Noun

euro m (plural euros)

1. euro (currency)

Anagrams

• roue, roué

Galician

Pronunciation

Noun

euro m (plural euros)

1. euro (currency)

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English euro, French euro, German Euro, Italian euro, Russian ????? (jévro), Spanish euro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??u?.ro/

Noun

euro (plural euros or euro-i or euri)

1. (numismatics) euro

Usage notes

All currencies in Ido are to be considered as foreign words. Thus, the plural are borrowed as well (euros). Though, because of the frequency of the currency, many treat the word as native (thus the plura form euri).

Inari Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

euro

1. euro (currency)

Inflection

References

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??w.ro/
• Hyphenation: èu?ro

Etymology 1

From English euro, from eurocurrency.

Noun

euro m (invariable)

1. euro (currency)

Etymology 2

From Latin eurus, from Ancient Greek ????? (eûros).

Noun

euro m (plural euri)

1. Synonym of scirocco: Eurus (southwest wind)
2. (obsolete, rare) Synonym of levante: levanter (easterly wind)

References

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?eu?.ro?/, [??u??o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?eu?.ro/, [???u?r?]

Noun

eur?

1. dative/ablative singular of eurus

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

euro m (definite singular euroen, indefinite plural euroer, definite plural euroene) (after a number - euro)

1. euro (monetary unit)

Derived terms

• euromynt
• euroområde
• eurosone

References

• “euro” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

euro m (definite singular euroen, indefinite plural euroar, definite plural euroane) (after a number - euro)

1. euro (monetary unit)

Derived terms

• euromynt
• euroområde
• eurosone

References

• “euro” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From English euro, French euro, and German Euro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.wr?/

Noun

euro n (indeclinable)

1. euro (currency unit of the European Monetary Union)

Further reading

• euro in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• euro in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Derived from Latin Europa, from Ancient Greek ?????? (Eur?p?).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?ew.??/, /?ew.?u/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?ew.?u/
• Hyphenation: eu?ro

Noun

euro m (plural euros)

1. euro (currency unit of the European Union)

See also

• cêntimo

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• èvro (Serbia)

Noun

èuro m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. euro (currency)

Declension

Skolt Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

euro

1. euro

Inflection

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??u?r?/

Noun

euro n (genitive singular eura, nominative plural eurá, genitive plural eur, declension pattern of mesto)

1. euro

Declension

Further reading

• euro in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?eu?o/, [?eu?.?o]

Noun

euro m (plural euros)

1. euro (currency)

Derived terms

• eurillo (diminutive)
• eurito (diminutive)

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹???r?/, /¹?vr?/, (borrowed from English) /¹ju?r?/

Noun

euro c

1. the euro; the currency
2. a euro, coin of that currency

Declension

References

• Hur ska vi hantera euro?, Forskningscentralen för de inhemska språken, February 8, 2007
• euro, Språkrådet

Welsh

Etymology

From aur (“gold”) +? -o.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /?e??r?/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /?ei?r?/

Verb

euro (first-person singular present euraf)

1. to gild

Conjugation

Mutation

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “euro”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies