How to Say "One Hundred Eighty Thousand" in Spanish

ciento ochenta mil

/θjento ot͡ʃenta mil/from spelling rules

The English phrase "one hundred eighty thousand" is translated into Spanish as ciento ochenta mil.

For example, you might use the expression Ciento ochenta mil unidades de producto when discussing counts or quantities of a specific item.

How does it change in a sentence?

In this specific phrase, the word ciento is used instead of cien because it is followed by other numbers.

/θjento otʃenta mil/

English speakers often mistakenly say cien ochenta mil, but cien must change to ciento when it is not a standalone hundred.

In many Spanish-speaking countries, large numbers like ciento ochenta mil are written with a dot or a space as a thousands separator instead of a comma.
The Spanish word ochenta comes from the Latin word octōgintā, which makes it a distant linguistic cousin to the English word 'octo' or 'octopus'.

Ciento ochenta mil personas asistieron al concierto.
One hundred and eighty thousand people attended the concert.
Pagué ciento ochenta mil dólares por mi casa.
I paid one hundred eighty thousand dollars for my house.
El coche cuesta ciento ochenta mil pesos.
The car costs one hundred eighty thousand pesos.
Hay ciento ochenta mil personas en el estadio.
There are one hundred eighty thousand people in the stadium.
Escribió ciento ochenta mil palabras en su libro.
He wrote one hundred eighty thousand words in his book.

María and Mateo are discussing the budget for a project.

María

Mateo, ¿cuánto dinero necesitamos en total?
Mateo, how much money do we need in total?
Mateo

Necesitamos exactamente ciento ochenta mil euros.
We need exactly one hundred eighty thousand euros.
María

Eso es mucho más de lo planeado.
That is much more than planned.
Mateo

Sí, pero es el costo real.
Yes, but it is the actual cost.

Sources

IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
Word origins: Wiktionary entries ciento, mil, ochenta, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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