[cen.ta.vo] n, pl -vos [Sp, lit., hundredth, fr. ciento hundred, fr. L centum] (1883): a monetary unit equal to 1/100 boliviano (Bolivia), 1/100 colon (El Salvador), 1/100 cordoba (Nicaragua), 1/100 lempira (Honduras), 1/100 peso (Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico), 1/100 quetzal (Guatemala), or 1/100 sucre (Ecuador)
[2]cen.ta.vo n, pl -vos [Pg, fr. Sp] (1920): a monetary unit equal to 1/100 escudo (Cape Verde, Portugal) or metical (Mozambique)