mil quinientos
/mil kinjentos/from spelling rules
The English phrase 'one thousand five hundred' is translated into Spanish as mil quinientos.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of mil (thousand) and quinientos (five hundred).
How does it change in a sentence?
The number changes its ending to mil quinientas if it modifies a feminine noun, such as in the phrase mil quinientas personas (one thousand five hundred people).
Did you know?
- The word mil is used in the Spanish phrase a mil, which is an idiom meaning to do something at full speed or with great intensity.
- In many Spanish-speaking countries, a dot is used as a thousands separator, so 1.500 is written as mil quinientos instead of using a comma as in English.
- The word mil shares a distant ancestor with the English word 'mile', which originally referred to a thousand paces.
Examples in context
- En 2015 se descubrieron más de mil quinientos exoplanetas.In 2015 more than one thousand five hundred exoplanets were discovered.This sentence is useful for seeing how to use mil quinientos when referring to a quantity of exoplanets.Tatoeba #10295292 by Seael, translation #11358559 by SunnyMoon
- El costo total del proyecto es de mil quinientos dólares.The total cost of the project is one thousand five hundred dollars.
- ¡He conseguido mil quinientos likes en mi publicación!I got one thousand five hundred likes on my post!
- Esa computadora cuesta mil quinientos dólares.That computer costs one thousand five hundred dollars.
Example conversation
Elena and Daniel are discussing the price of a used laptop.
- ElenaEsta computadora cuesta mil quinientos euros.This computer costs one thousand five hundred euros.
- DanielMe parece que es un precio justo.I think it is a fair price.
- ElenaQuieres comprarla ahora, Daniel?Do you want to buy it now, Daniel?
- DanielSí, voy a pagar los mil quinientos ahora.Yes, I am going to pay the one thousand five hundred now.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries mil, quinientos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
