Quinientas (en. Five hundred)

/kinjentes/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish
noun
Quantity equivalent to five hundred.
There are five hundred people at the event.
Hay quinientas personas en el evento.
A way to express a number in plural form.
The collection has five hundred works of art.
La colección tiene quinientas obras de arte.
Quinientas is the specific numerical representation in Spanish.
We need five hundred copies of this document.
Necesitamos quinientas copias de este documento.

Etymology

From Latin 'quingenti', meaning 'five hundred'.

Common Phrases and Expressions

five hundred reasons
Expression that indicates a substantial number of justifications.
quinientas razones
five hundred times
Indicates the repetition of an action countless times.
quinientas veces
five hundred shades
Refers to a great variety in something, like colors.
quinientas tonalidades

Related Words

quinientos
Number that equals 500 in its singular form.
quinientos
hundred
Group of one hundred units.
centena
million
Number that equals one thousand hundreds.
millón

Slang Meanings

Five hundred bucks
The car cost me five hundred bucks.
Me costó quinientas lucas el coche.
Five hundred dollars
I charge five hundred dollars for that party.
Por esa fiesta cobro quinientas bolas.