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Macanese
Etymology
Univerbation of unga + Portuguese cento.
Pronunciation
Numeral
uncento
- one hundred
Noun
uncento
- hundred
- uncento fora ― a hundred-odd, a hundred and change
- (figurative) many, a quantity, a lot, a bunch
Tâ papiá uncento di parabiça- They are talking a lot of nonsense
Tâ papiâ um cento pantominice- He's telling a bunch of lies
Usage notes
- As seen with the alternative form, this is one of the rare cases where Macanese may employ the Portuguese indefinite article um, rather than the Macanese unga.
- cento may be used instead to denote several hundred, for example quánto cento (“several hundred”).
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