doscientos mil
/dosθjentos mil/from spelling rules
The Spanish phrase for "two hundred thousand" is doscientos mil.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In some Central American regions, the phrase doscientos mil lacitos is used to mean "two hundred thousand bows".
How does it change in a sentence?
The number changes based on the gender of the noun it describes. Use the masculine form doscientos mil when referring to masculine nouns, and change it to doscientas mil to agree with a feminine noun.
How do you pronounce it?
/dosθjentos mil/
Did you know?
- When writing doscientos mil as a check or legal document, it is common in Spanish to add the word exactos at the end to prevent fraudulent additions to the amount.
- While English speakers use commas to separate thousands in '200,000', many Spanish-speaking countries use a period 200.000 or a thin space to separate groups of three digits.
- The word mil shares an ancient ancestor with the English word 'mile', as both stem from the Latin ‘mīlle’ which originally referred to a unit of a thousand.
Examples in context
- Doscientos mil dólares es el costo estimado del proyecto.Two hundred thousand dollars is the estimated cost of the project.
- ¿Cuánto te costó el auto nuevo? – Doscientos mil pesos. – ¡Vaya! ¿En serio pagaste doscientos mil pesos?How much did the new car cost you? – Two hundred thousand pesos. – Wow! Did you really pay two hundred thousand pesos?
- Doscientos mil pesosTwo hundred thousand pesos
- Ese coche cuesta doscientos mil pesos.That car costs two hundred thousand pesos.
- Necesito doscientos mil seguidores para el proyecto.I need two hundred thousand followers for the project.
Example conversation
María and Mateo are discussing the price of a luxury car.
- MaríaMira este coche, cuesta doscientos mil dólares.Look at this car, it costs two hundred thousand dollars.
- MateoEs demasiado caro para nosotros, María.It is too expensive for us, María.
- María¿Crees que podemos negociar el precio?Do you think we can negotiate the price?
- MateoNo, Mateo no puede pagar eso.No, Mateo cannot pay that.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries doscientos, mil, CC BY-SA 4.0.
