doscientos

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Asturian

Numeral

doscientos m pl (feminine plural doscientes)

  1. two hundred; 200

Spanish

Spanish numbers (edit)
2,000
[a], [b] ←  100  ←  101 200 300  → 
20
    Cardinal: doscientos
    Ordinal: ducentésimo
    Ordinal abbreviation: 200.º
    Fractional: ducentésimo

Etymology

From dos (two) +‎ cientos (hundreds), regularization of Old Spanish dozientos (compare Portuguese duzentos), the direct reflex of Latin ducentōs, from duo (two) +‎ centum (hundred).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /dosˈθjentos/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /doˈsjentos/
  • Audio (Latin America):(file)
  • Rhymes: -entos
  • Syllabification: dos‧cien‧tos

Numeral

doscientos m (feminine doscientas)

  1. two hundred

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