/mil/
#437 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
thousand
Word origin
From Latin mille ('thousand'). The same root gave million and the metric prefix milli-.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- mille
- English cognates
- mile, million, millennium
Examples
cuesta .
The ticket costs a thousand pesos.
.
I have a thousand things to do today.
.
Thanks a million for your help.
kilómetros .
We walked nearly a thousand kilometres last summer.
explicación .
He received a thousand apologies but no clear explanation.
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