quinimil

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Spanish

Etymology

Blend of quinientos (“five hundred”) +‎ mil (“thousand”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kiniˈmil/
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Syllabification: qui‧ni‧mil

Noun

quinimil m (plural quinimiles)

  1. (colloquial, El Salvador) zillion
    Ya te lo dije quinimil veces, ¡ya acabé con eso!
    I told you a zillion times already, I'm done with it!
    • 2011, José Galileo Martínez, Shulton City, Palibrio, page 66:
      si le quitaran las quinimil repeticiones de que adolece, sería menos tedioso dirimirlo, rebatirlo, consumirlo, presumirlo.
      if they'd removed the zillion repetitions that grieves them, it'd be less tough to resolve it, refute it, consume it, brag about it.
    • Seven Stories Press, Roque Dalton, Historias y poemas de una lucha de clases, 2023, page 93:
      […] El Salvador tiene como mil puyas y cien mil desniveles, quinimil callos y algunas postemillas […]
      El Salvador has like a thousand fudges and a hundred thousand unevennesses, a zillion calluses and some abscesses in the gums
    • 2023 November 16, @cacho1988, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 24-03-30:
      Man hay como quinimil call centers en El Salvador, de quien fue la idea de la presentadora??!! no se le entiende nada.
      Man, there are like a zillion call centers in El Salvador, whose idea was that of the presenter??!! I can't understand a thing.
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