Doscientos (en. Two hundred)

/dos'θjen.tos/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish
noun
Natural number that follows 199 and precedes 201.
The book costs two hundred pesos.
El libro cuesta doscientos pesos.
Quantity equivalent to two hundreds.
There are two hundred days until summer.
Hay doscientos días hasta el verano.

Etymology

From Latin 'ducenti', meaning two times one hundred.

Common Phrases and Expressions

two hundred years
A period of two centuries.
doscientos años
two hundred grams
Weight measurement equivalent to 200 grams.
doscientos gramos
two hundred kilometers
Distance of 200 kilometers.
doscientos kilómetros

Related Words

hundred
Number equivalent to 100.
cien
three hundred
Number equivalent to 300.
trescientos
thousand
Number equivalent to 1000.
mil

Slang Meanings

Two hundred in youth slang can refer to something that is easy to obtain.
That was two hundred.
Eso fue doscientos.
Used in a joking context to refer to something that doesn’t cost much.
I bought that smartphone for two hundred!
¡Ese smartphone lo compré por doscientos!