peseta [puh-sey-tuh; Spanish pe-se-tah] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun, plural pe·se·tas [puh-sey-tuh z; Spanish pe-se-tahs] /pəˈseɪ təz; Spanish pɛˈsɛ tɑs/. a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta. a former silver coin of Spain and Spanish America, equal to two reals; pistareen. a former monetary unit of Equatorial Guinea: replaced by the ekuele in 1973. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of peseta 1805–15; Spanish, diminutive of pesa a weight. See peso Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for peseta Historical Examples of peseta
He had to have his peseta for the night’s session at coffee and dominoes.
Vicente Blasco Ibez
The real is a quarter of a peseta, but the escudo of ten reales has been suppressed.
Oliver Optic
We had been told to pay the man a peseta; but he expostulated at the wage, demanding three.
Jan Gordon
The piece is no longer struck, but its value is one-fourth of a peseta.
Edgar T. A. Wigram
I left my waistcoat upon the bed, and in the pocket there was a peseta and a half.
Benito Prez Galds
British Dictionary definitions for peseta peseta noun the former standard monetary unit of Spain and Andorra, divided into 100 céntimos; replaced by the euro in 2002 Word Origin for peseta C19: from Spanish, diminutive of peso Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012