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con cero céntimos

English translation: exactly

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Spanish term or phrase:con cero céntimos
English translation:exactly
Entered by: Lisa McCarthy

18:45 Apr 27, 2010
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Management
Spanish term or phrase: con cero céntimos
Hola a todos.
Tengo una duda sobre cómo reexpresar en inglés esto de con cero céntimos.
Se trata de una carta de trabajo en castellano donde se certifica que fulana de tal trabaja para X compañía desde hace 2 años y que gana un ingreso mensual de XXXX Bs. con cero céntimos.
Un millón de gracias.
kleiner Kater
Chile
Local time: 18:07
exactly
Explanation:
I suppose it means exactly that amount i.e. 1,000 euros as opposed to 1,000.58 euros.
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Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 00:07
Grading comment
Thanks !
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3exactly
Lisa McCarthy
5zero centimes
Carolina Brito
5and zero cents
Gilberto Diaz Castro
4and no centimes
Leonardo Lamarche
4$1.556.00
Omar H (X)
4Even
Jorge Torres Wagner
300/100
Gloria Rivera


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
00/100


Explanation:
Hola,
Así es como lo veo cuando un número está escrito en cifras.

$56,000.00 o fifty six thousand dollars and 00/100.
Espero sea de ayuda,

Gloria

Gloria Rivera
United States
Local time: 15:07
Native speaker of: Spanish
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
and no centimes


Explanation:
Mi sugerencia venezolana.

Leonardo Lamarche
Venezuela
Local time: 18:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
exactly


Explanation:
I suppose it means exactly that amount i.e. 1,000 euros as opposed to 1,000.58 euros.

Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 00:07
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Thanks !

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Ronder
1 hr
  -> Thanks, David :)
agree  Wendy Cummings
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Wendy :)
agree  Ruth Ramsey
4 days
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
zero centimes


Explanation:
#
2.12. Version 1.5 (May 28, 2007)
It wasn't able to say when (exact day and time) that time was recorded. ... the amount of money has zero centimes. New placeholders: Added a few ...
www.fanuriotimetracking.com/user-guide/v1.5.html - Cached


in French also:
#
Talk:NUMBERTEXT/MONEYTEXT development - OpenOffice.org Wiki
Value 5,995 Euros in en-US gives : six euro and zero cents ... MONEYTEXT value 7,004 gives in fr-FR : "sept euros et zéro centimes" instead of : "sept euros" ...
wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Talk:NUMBERTEXT/... - Cached

Carolina Brito
United States
Local time: 17:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
$1.556.00


Explanation:
Simplemente lo expresas de la siguiente manera, a modo de ejemplo:

$1.556.00

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Note added at 25 minutos (2010-04-27 19:11:07 GMT)
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No hay que explicarlo con palabras.

Omar H (X)
Local time: 00:07
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in SpanishSpanish
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Even


Explanation:
The word "EVEN" is used when referring to exact amounts of money

Jorge Torres Wagner
United States
Local time: 18:07
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
and zero cents


Explanation:
This is how I have always heard this. Cents means 1/100th of a specified monetary system based on a division of 100 parts to the whole monetary value.

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Note added at 10 hrs (2010-04-28 05:29:19 GMT)
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It would be: XXXXXBs and zero cents.


    Reference: http://dictionary.reverso.net/spanish-english/céntimos
Gilberto Diaz Castro
United States
Local time: 18:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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