cento in English dictionary cento Meanings and definitions of "cento" A hotchpotch, a mixture; especially a piece made up of quotations from other authors. noun A hotchpotch, a mixture; especially a piece made up of quotations from other authors. noun a literary work made up of quotations from other works. The first known cento is the Medea by Hosidius Geta, composed out of Virgilian lines, according to Tertullian. more Grammar and declension of cento cento ( plural centos or (obsolete) centones) cento (plural centos or centones) more Cento CENTO Sample sentences with "cento" Declension Stem Try again Available translations Arabic Catalan Dutch Eastern Mari Emilian Esperanto Estonian French Galician Georgian German Ido Irish Italian Japanese Latin Neapolitan Norwegian Persian Polish Portuguese Russian Sambahsa Slovak Spanish Swedish Tamil Ukrainian Venetian Vietnamese Volapük Authors