cantidades de dinero
/kantidades de dineɾo/from spelling rules
cantidades de dinero is the Spanish phrase for amounts of money.
The phrase is used to refer to specific sums or quantities of currency. In certain regions, people may use informal terms like plata, pasta or lana to refer to money itself.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase consists of cantidades (amounts), de (of) and dinero (money).
Is it said differently in some regions?
While cantidades de dinero is standard, you may encounter informal terms for money depending on the region, such as plata, pasta or lana. Additionally, the way you say 'ten cents' varies: in Spain, use diez céntimos, whereas in Mexico, use diez centavos.
How does it change in a sentence?
If you wish to express a singular 'amount of money', use the singular form cantidad de dinero.
Did you know?
- If you are in Mexico and discussing 'amounts of money', you might hear the word lana, which literally means 'wool'.
- In Spain, people use the word pasta to refer to money, which is the same word used for 'pasta' or 'dough'.
- The word dinero is actually a linguistic relative of the number 'ten'. It stems from the Latin word 'denarius', which was a silver coin worth ten 'as' (units).
Examples in context
- Argelia está perdiendo enormes cantidades de dinero.Algeria is losing huge amounts of money.This sentence shows how to use cantidades de dinero when discussing large sums being lost.Tatoeba #10090973 by manufrutos, translation #10090186 by Amastan
- Tres dólares con cincuenta centavosThree dollars and fifty cents
- Diez mil pesosTen thousand pesos
- Doscientos veinte euros con diez céntimosTwo hundred twenty euros and ten cents
- Un billeteA bill (referring to a single unit of currency)
- Un montón de dineroA bunch of money
- Mucho dineroA lot of money
- El precio del billete es veinticinco euros.The price of the ticket is twenty-five euros.
- No gastes grandes cantidades de dinero en ese viaje.Don't spend large amounts of money on that trip.
- El banco maneja cantidades de dinero muy elevadas.The bank handles very high amounts of money.
Example conversation
María and Mateo are discussing their new business budget.
- MaríaTenemos que gastar cantidades de dinero precisas.We have to spend precise amounts of money.
- MateoTienes razón, María. Debemos ser cuidadosos.You are right, María. We must be careful.
- María¿Cuánto dinero tenemos disponible ahora?How much money do we have available now?
- MateoRevisaré el presupuesto ahora mismo.I will check the budget right now.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries de, dinero, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
