Converse of object

• devalue: And devaluing the peso could boost inflation, as imported goods will become much more expensive.

• peg: But the decision in 1991 to peg the peso to the US dollar boosted confidence - investors deemed dealing in greenbacks a safer bet.

• save: Starting with his own family whom he convinced to save even five pesos regularly, Miloy was soon able to recruit two groups.

• spend: Three out of ten pesos spent in Mexico are spent in a Wal-Mart.

Adjective modifier

• convertible: At one point, the exchange rate reached 28 pesos to the convertible peso in a number of provinces.

• Argentine: The Argentine peso has been linked at one-to-one to the US dollar since the early 1990s as part of an effort to beat hyperinflation.

• few: Drop a few pesos in the hat of their sidekick - there are no safety nets here.

• Chilean: Tips are best paid in US cash or in Chilean pesos.

Modifies a noun

• crisis: Since the Mexican peso crisis, the IMF has led the international response to financial crises.

• rate: Exactly as with the products in the detailed example, the dollar value would change when the peso rate changes.

• p.p.: This reserve ( entrance fee 40 peso p.p. ) offers access to medium height tropical forest via 3 km of well-maintained trails.

• devaluation: President Ernesto Zedillo's savage 1995 peso devaluation threw the Mexican economy into a 1930s-style depression.

Preposition: per

• liter: In the south we had to pay only 0.35 peso per liter!

Noun used with modifier

• con: Ya van a ver todos, eh, con mil pesos, ¡ pobre de ellos!