dos mil cuatro
/dos mil kwatɾo/from spelling rules
The English phrase 'two thousand and four' is translated into Spanish as dos mil cuatro.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of dos (two), mil (thousand) and cuatro (four).
How does it change in a sentence?
Unlike English, Spanish does not use the conjunction 'and' (y) between the hundreds/thousands and the tens/units when forming years or large numbers.
How do you pronounce it?
/dos mil kwatɾo/
Did you know?
- In some Spanish-speaking regions, years are often written with a dot as a thousands separator, such as 2.004, which can be confused for a decimal point by English speakers.
- The number mil comes from the Latin mīlle, which originally described a thousand paces, the distance of a Roman mile.
- The Spanish word dos is a distant relative of the English word 'two' and the Persian word دو, as both descend from the same prehistoric root *dwóh₁.
Examples in context
- La empresa fue fundada en el año dos mil cuatro.The company was founded in the year two thousand and four.
- Me gradué de la universidad en el año dos mil y cuatro.I graduated from university in the year two thousand and four.
- Nací en el año dos mil cuatro.I was born in the year two thousand and four.
- Esa película es de dos mil cuatro.That movie is from two thousand and four.
- El modelo es del dos mil cuatro.The model is from two thousand and four.
Example conversation
Daniel and María are looking at an old photograph.
- Daniel¿De qué año es esta foto?What year is this photo from?
- MaríaEs de dos mil cuatro, creo.It is from two thousand and four, I think.
- Daniel¡Tienes razón, es de dos mil cuatro!You're right, it's from two thousand and four!
- MaríaParecemos muy diferentes en ese año.We look very different in that year.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries cuatro, dos, mil, CC BY-SA 4.0.
