Meaning & use
pesetas
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UK/pəˈseɪtəz/
US/pəˈseɪt̬əz/
“pesetas” is a form of “peseta”.
Meaning
nounplural
Plural of peseta, the money used in Spain before the euro.
Grammar: Plural of peseta; used with numbers: 500 pesetas.
Patterns
- a number of pesetas
Before the euro, a coffee in Madrid cost about a hundred pesetas.
My grandmother kept a jar of old pesetas she never spent.
They paid ten thousand pesetas for the room.
Word forms
| singular | peseta |
|---|
Common combinations
- thousand pesetas
- The ticket cost two thousand pesetas.
- change into pesetas
- Tourists changed their pounds into pesetas at the airport.
- old pesetas
- Banks stopped accepting old pesetas years ago.
- pay in pesetas
- In those days you paid in pesetas everywhere in Spain.
- a handful of pesetas
- He found a handful of pesetas in his coat.
Synonyms and how they differ
- euros
- Euros replaced pesetas in Spain, so they are the modern currency while pesetas belong to the past.
- francs
- Francs were France's former money, not Spain's, so they are a different historical currency.
- lire
- Lire were Italy's former money, again a separate old currency.
Word family
- peseta noun
- the single unit of money
- euro noun
- the currency that replaced it
- currency noun
- a system of money used in a country
Commonly confused: pesetas or pesos?
pesetas vs pesos
Pesos are the money of Mexico and other Latin American countries, not Spain.
Practice
Before 2002, tourists in Spain paid for coffee with ______.
Choose one answer.
Pesetas were Spain's currency before the euro. Pesos are used in Latin America, which is a tempting but wrong choice.
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