Kilo Lingo

/dosˈθjentos/

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Translation

two hundred

Word origin

A compound of dos ('two') and cientos ('hundreds'), from Latin ducenti. It agrees in gender, giving the feminine form doscientas.

Origin
Latin
Root
ducenti

Examples

euros .

The flight cost two hundred euros per person.

.

The library has more than two hundred history books.

Doscientas .

Two hundred families live in this neighbourhood.

metros .

He ran the two hundred metres in under a minute.

¿ doscientas ?

Are there really two hundred pages in this report?

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This word is part of lesson 83.