cantidades monetarias
/kantidades monetaɾjas/from spelling rules
The English phrase "monetary amounts" is translated into Spanish as cantidades monetarias.
This phrase refers to sums of money expressed as a specific number of currency units. When stating these amounts, remember that the currency unit typically follows the number, such as in 20 euros. For example, if you need to formally state a cost, you might use the word costo or if you are discussing a budget or allocated amounts, the word presupuesto is the best formal choice.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of cantidades, meaning amounts and monetarias, meaning monetary.
Which one should you use?
While cantidades monetarias is a standard way to express this concept, montos monetarios is a common synonym often used in financial and legal contexts in Latin America.
Is it said differently in some regions?
The term montos monetarios is frequently used in Latin American financial and legal settings.
How does it change in a sentence?
The singular form of the phrase is cantidad monetaria, where both the noun and the adjective are singular. In the plural form cantidades monetarias, both the noun cantidad and the adjective monetaria must take the plural suffix '-s'.
Did you know?
- In many Spanish-speaking countries, people use a comma as a decimal separator and a point for thousands, which is the opposite of the English system for writing cantidades monetarias.
- When discussing cantidades monetarias in Mexico, the term lana meaning 'wool' is used as slang for money, stemming from the value of wool in colonial trade.
- The word monetaria shares a root with the English word 'monetary', both deriving from the Latin moneta, the name of the temple where coins were first minted in Rome.
Examples in context
- El costo total es de 1,000 dólares.The total cost is $1,000.
- El precio del producto es de 50 euros.The price of the product is 50 euros.
- El presupuesto asignado es de 10,000 pesos.The allocated budget is 10,000 pesos.
- Esa camiseta cuesta 20 dólares.That t-shirt costs $20.
- Le pagué cien pesos por el libro.I paid him/her 100 pesos for the book.
- Me dieron dos mil euros por mi viejo teléfono.They gave me 2,000 euros for my old phone.
- Debes registrar todas las cantidades monetarias.You must record all monetary amounts.
- El sistema calcula las cantidades monetarias automáticamente.The system calculates the monetary amounts automatically.
- No podemos manejar cantidades monetarias tan grandes.We cannot handle such large monetary amounts.
Example conversation
Javier and Sofía are discussing a banking error at the office.
- Javier¿Viste el error en las cantidades monetarias?Did you see the error in the monetary amounts?
- SofíaSí, Javier, las cantidades monetarias no coinciden.Yes, Javier, the monetary amounts do not match.
- JavierNecesito que revises el informe ahora.I need you to review the report now.
- SofíaEstá bien, lo haré de inmediato.Okay, I will do it immediately.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
