Centauro is the Italian word for

centaur A centaur ( ; grc, κένταυρος, kéntauros; ), or occasionally hippocentaur, is a creature from Greek mythology with the upper body of a human and the lower body and legs of a horse. Centaurs are thought of in many Greek myths as being ...

. Centauro also may refer to:

People

* Greg Centauro (1977–2011), French pornographic actor and director

Military formations

*I Mechanized Brigade "Centauro", ancestor of the Italian Army's Mechanized Brigade "Goito" *III Services Battalion "Centauro", ancstor of the Italian Army's Transit Areas Management Regiment *

131st Armored Division "Centauro" The 131st Armored Division "Centauro" ( it, 131ª Divisione corazzata "Centauro") was an armored division of the Italian Army during World War II. The division was formed in April 1939 by expanding the I Armored Brigade ( it, I Brigata Corazzata ...

, a World War II Italian Royal Army unit * 131st Artillery Regiment "Centauro", an inactive Italian Army unit *

136th Armored Legionary Division "Centauro" The 136th Armored Legionary Division "Centauro" ( it, 136ª Divisione legionaria corazzata "Centauro", colloquially also known as "136th Armored Division "Centauro II") was an armored warfare, armored Division (military), division of the Royal It ...

, a World War II Italian Royal Army unit *

Armored Brigade "Centauro" After World War II the Italian Army had two units named "Centauro": from 1952 to 1986 the Armored Division "Centauro" ( it, Divisione corazzata "Centauro") and from 1986 to 2002 the Armored Brigade "Centauro" ( it, Brigata corazzata "Centauro"). ...

, a post-World War II Italian Army unit *Artillery Specialists Group "Centauro", ancestor of the Italian Army's 12th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment (Italy) *Engineer Battalion "Centauro", ancestor of the Italian Army's 131st Engineer Battalion "Ticino" * Logistic Battalion "Piemonte", an inactive Italian Army unit originally named the Logistic Battalion "Centauro" *Signal Battalion "Centauro", ancestor of the Italian Army's 231st Signal Battalion "Sempione"

Aerospace

* Centauro (sounding rocket), a family of Argentinian sounding rockets * Fiat G.55 Centauro, an Italian World War II fighter aircraft

Ships

*, various Italian naval vessels *, a class of Portuguese Navy patrol boats

Vehicles

* B1 Centauro, an Italian tank destroyer, the basis for a family of Italian armored vehicles

Television and film

* ''Centauro'' (film), a 2022 Spanish action thriller film *''

La querida del Centauro ''La querida del Centauro'' ( Lit: ''The Dear of the Centaur'' / English: ''Centauro's Woman''), is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by Teleset and Sony Pictures Television for Telemundo and distributed by Telemundo Internacional, based on a ...

'', an American 2016–2017 telenovela

Other

* ''Centauro'' (review), a Portuguese monthly literary review *

Centauro event A Centauro event is a kind of anomalous event observed in cosmic-ray detectors since 1972. They are so named because their shape resembles that of a centaur: i.e., highly asymmetric. If some versions of string theory are correct, then high-e ...

, a kind of anomalous event observed in cosmic-ray detectors