ciento cincuenta
/θjento θinkwenta/from spelling rules
The Spanish phrase for "one hundred fifty" is ciento cincuenta.
In more casual settings, you might use the informal expressions ciento cincuenta y pico to mean "around one hundred fifty" or ciento cincuenta y algo to mean "one hundred fifty and something".
How does it change in a sentence?
While cien is used when the number one hundred stands alone, you must use ciento when it is followed by another number, such as in ciento cincuenta.
How do you pronounce it?
/θjento θinkwenta/
Did you know?
- The word ciento traces its origins back to the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱm̥tóm, making it a distant relative of the English word 'hundred'.
- If you are counting money and use the phrase ciento cincuenta y pico, you are intentionally being vague to avoid an exact calculation.
Examples in context
- El precio es ciento cincuenta dólares.The price is one hundred fifty dollars.
- Ella tiene ciento cincuenta libros en su colección.She has one hundred fifty books in her collection.
- Hay ciento cincuenta estudiantes en el salón de clases.There are one hundred fifty students in the classroom.
- El libro tiene ciento cincuenta y dos páginas.There are one hundred fifty-two pages in the book.
- El evento comenzará a las ciento cincuenta y cinco.The event will start at one hundred fifty-five.
- Había ciento cincuenta y pico de personas en la fiesta.There were one hundred fifty or so people at the party.
- El libro cuesta ciento cincuenta euros.The book costs one hundred fifty euros.
- Tengo ciento cincuenta páginas en mi cuaderno.I have one hundred fifty pages in my notebook.
- Hay ciento cincuenta personas en la fiesta.There are one hundred fifty people at the party.
Example conversation
Sofía and Alejandro are discussing the price of a book.
- SofíaEste libro es muy caro.This book is very expensive.
- Alejandro¿Cuánto cuesta, Sofía?How much does it cost, Sofía?
- SofíaCuesta ciento cincuenta euros.It costs one hundred fifty euros.
- AlejandroTienes razón, es demasiado.You are right, it is too much.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries ciento, cincuenta, CC BY-SA 4.0.
