peseta

Questions about peseta

What does peseta mean?

peseta means "formerly the basic unit of money in Spain; equal to 100 centimos".

How many syllables are in peseta?

peseta has 3 syllables: pe-se-ta. The stress falls on "se". In IPA it is /pəˈseɪtə/.

What is another word for peseta?

Close synonyms include Spanish peseta. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is peseta a common word?

peseta is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.