peso

Other forms of peso

plural

pesoes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about peso

What does peso mean?

peso means "the basic unit of money in Uruguay; equal to 100 centesimos". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in peso?

peso has 2 syllables: pe-so. The stress falls on "pe". In IPA it is /ˈpeɪsoʊ/.

What is another word for peso?

Close synonyms include Uruguayan peso, Philippine peso, Mexican peso, Guinea-Bissau peso, Dominican peso. 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 peso a common word?

peso is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.