millas cuadradas
/miʝas kwadɾadas/from spelling rules
The English phrase "square miles" is translated into Spanish as millas cuadradas.
millas cuadradas is a unit of measurement used to calculate the area of a region.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of millas (miles) and cuadradas (square), which literally translates to "square miles".
How does it change in a sentence?
The phrase follows Spanish gender and number agreement, so the singular form is milla cuadrada. Both the noun millas and the adjective cuadradas must be in the plural form to express more than one square mile.
How do you pronounce it?
/miʝas kwadɾadas/
Did you know?
- In some Spanish-speaking regions, the word cuadrado is used as a slang term to describe someone who is very rigid or old-fashioned in their thinking.
- The word milla is a loanword from the Latin milia, which literally means 'thousands', referring to a thousand paces.
- In some rural regions of Mexico and the US borderlands, people use leguas (leagues) instead of millas to describe large areas of land.
Examples in context
- Su rancho abarca 20 millas cuadradas.His ranch covers twenty square miles.This sentence is useful for seeing how to describe the area of a ranch using millas cuadradas.Tatoeba #6013470 by albrusgher, translation #287542 by CK
- El parque nacional tiene 500 millas cuadradas de extensiónThe national park is 500 square miles in size
- El parque tiene cien millas cuadradas.The park has one hundred square miles.
- Esa isla mide apenas cinco millas cuadradas.That island measures barely five square miles.
Example conversation
Mateo and María are looking at a map of a nature reserve.
- Mateo¿Cuántas millas cuadradas tiene la reserva?How many square miles does the reserve have?
- MaríaTiene unas cincuenta millas cuadradas, según el mapa.It has about fifty square miles, according to the map.
- MateoEs un área muy grande para caminar.It is a very large area to walk.
- MaríaSí, Mateo, es impresionante.Yes, Mateo, it is impressive.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
