/peuh say"teuh/ ; Sp. /pe se"tah/ , n. , pl. pesetas /-teuhz/ ; Sp. /-tahs/ .
1. a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Spanish territories, equal to 100 centimos. Abbr.: P., Pta.
2. a former silver coin of Spain and Spanish America, equal to two reals; pistareen.
3. a former monetary unit of Equatorial Guinea: replaced by the ekuele in 1973.
[ 1805-15; pesa a weight. See PESO ]