mamera
maméra with stress marks
one centavo each
Usage Note
Mamera historically meant priced at one centavo each, derived from the currency term pera. The word is now largely archaic as centavos have minimal purchasing power, but it survives in folk speech and older texts as a marker of historical market transactions.
Examples
" Mamera lang ang tinapay dati. "
Natural Translation
Bread used to be just one centavo each.
Literal Translation
One-centavo-each only the bread before.
" Mamera ang kendi noon. "
Natural Translation
Candy was one centavo each before.
Literal Translation
One centavo each the candy before.
" Naaalala pa ng lola ko nang mamera ang mga prutas sa palengke, at sapat na ang isang piso para sa maghapong pamimili. "
Natural Translation
My grandmother still remembers when fruits were one centavo each at the market, and one peso was enough for a whole day of shopping.
Literal Translation
Remembering still of grandmother my when one-centavo-each the fruits in market, and enough already the one peso for whole-day shopping.
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