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Is centavo a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word centavo is a Scrabble US word. The word centavo is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is centavo a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word centavo is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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Is centavo a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word centavo is a Words With Friends word. The word centavo is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

CENTAVO,

6-letter words (5 found)

AVOCET,COVENT,NOVATE,OCTANE,OCTAVE,

5-letter words (17 found)

ACTON,ATONE,CANOE,CANTO,CENTO,COATE,CONTE,COTAN,COVEN,COVET,ENACT,NOVAE,OATEN,OCEAN,OCTAN,ONCET,OVATE,

4-letter words (35 found)

ACNE,AEON,ANCE,ANTE,ATOC,CANE,CANT,CATE,CAVE,CENT,COAT,CONE,COTE,COVE,EOAN,ETNA,NAVE,NEAT,NOTA,NOTE,NOVA,OCTA,ONCE,OVEN,TACE,TACO,TANE,TOEA,TONE,VANE,VANT,VENA,VENT,VETO,VOTE,

3-letter words (42 found)

ACE,ACT,ANE,ANT,ATE,AVE,AVO,CAN,CAT,CON,COT,EAN,EAT,ECO,EON,ETA,EVO,NAE,NAT,NAV,NET,NOT,OAT,OCA,ONE,OVA,TAE,TAN,TAO,TAV,TEA,TEC,TEN,TOC,TOE,TON,VAC,VAE,VAN,VAT,VET,VOE,

2-letter words (14 found)

AE,AN,AT,EA,EN,ET,NA,NE,NO,OE,ON,TA,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 115 words from centavo according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of centavo

centavo

Etymology

From Spanish or Portuguese.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛnˈtɑːvoʊ/

Noun

centavo (plural centavos)

  1. Currency unit (hundredth of a peso) in Mexico.
  2. A similar subdenomination of various other currencies (in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mozambique, Nicaragua, and the Philippines).
  3. (historical) The former subdenomination of some other currencies (in Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, Puerto Rico, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Venezuela).

French

Noun

centavo m (plural centavos)

  1. centavo

Italian

Etymology

From cento (“hundred”) +‎ -avo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃenˈta.vo/
  • Rhymes: -avo
  • Hyphenation: cen‧tà‧vo

Noun

centavo m (plural centavi)

  1. centavo

Anagrams

  • covante, vocante

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Noun

centavo m (definite singular centavoen, indefinite plural centavos or centavo, definite plural centavoene)

  1. a centavo

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

centavo m (plural centavoen)

  1. a centavo

Portuguese

Etymology

From cento (“hundred”) +‎ -avo.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -avu, (Northern Portugal) -abu
  • Hyphenation: cen‧ta‧vo

Noun

centavo m (plural centavos)

  1. cent (a hundredth of several monetary units, including the Brazilian real, the Portuguese escudo, and the Mozambican metical)

Related terms

  • cêntimo

Spanish

Alternative forms

  • ctvo.

Etymology

From ciento (“hundred”) +‎ -avo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θenˈtabo/ [θẽn̪ˈt̪a.β̞o]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /senˈtabo/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪a.β̞o]
  • Rhymes: -abo
  • Syllabification: cen‧ta‧vo

Adjective

centavo (feminine centava, masculine plural centavos, feminine plural centavas)

  1. (fractional number) hundredth
    Synonyms: centésimo, céntimo
    una centava parte ― a hundredth part

Noun

centavo m (plural centavos)

  1. (fractional number) hundredth
    Synonyms: centésimo, céntimo
    siete centavos ― seven hundredths (7⁄100)
  2. cent (subunit of currency in US and other countries)
    Synonym: céntimo

Descendants

  • → Catalan: centau
  • → Catalan: centavo

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org