Spanish Conversation · Level 17
89 words
Spanish word
mil
Pronunciation
IPA/mil/
Meaning
- numberthousand
Example
Tengo mil euros para el viaje.
I have a thousand euros for the trip.
More examples
Casi mil personas asistieron al concierto.
Almost a thousand people attended the concert.
Core concept
Ten rows of one hundred dots each (total 1,000).
Common phrases
mil euros
thousand euros
casi mil personas
almost a thousand people
Similar words
cien: Exact numeral for one hundred, used for the number 100.
ciento: Numeral used as the 'one hundred' component in numbers from 101 to 199.
millón: Exact numeral for one million (1,000,000).
Definition in Spanish
Expresa la cantidad 1.000.
Word origin
Spanish mil comes from Latin mille 'thousand', and the Latin form shortened in the Romance languages to mil.
Usage tips
- Mil is invariable and normally appears without 'un' before it, so Spanish uses 'dos mil' and 'tres mil' and uses 'miles de' when meaning 'thousands of'.