ciento

f. & m.

a or one hundred.

ciento cincuenta a o one hundred and fifty

cientos de hundreds of

por ciento percent

darle ciento y raya a alguien (informal figurative) to run rings around somebody

eran ciento y la madre (informal figurative) everybody and his dog was there;

m.

hundred.

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ciento

► adjetivo

1 one hundred, a hundred

■ ciento ocho one hundred and eight

► nombre masculino

1 (número) hundred

2 un ciento (centena) about a hundred

■ tenemos varios cientos de ovejas we have several hundred sheep

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FRASEOLOGÍA

por ciento per cent

■ cuarenta por ciento forty per cent

por cientos in hundreds, by the hundred {{Table 1}}NOTA See also cien{{/Table 1}}

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1.

ADJ PRON a hundred, one hundred

ciento veinte — one hundred and twenty, a hundred and twenty

2. SM

1) a hundred, one hundred

cientos de personas — hundreds of people

te lo he dicho cientos de veces — I've told you hundreds of times

varios cientos de profesores — several hundred teachers

a o por cientos: casos como este se producen a o por cientos — there are cases like this by the hundred, there are hundreds of cases like this

las víctimas se cuentan a o por cientos — the death toll runs into hundreds

- dar ciento y raya a algn

ciento y la madre * —

¡allí había ciento y la madre! — the world and his wife were there *, there were loads of people there *

see CIEN, CIENTO

2)

por ciento — per cent

el cuarenta y dos por ciento de los estudiantes — forty-two per cent of the students

hay un cinco por ciento de descuento — there is a five per cent discount

el ciento por ciento — a o one hundred per cent

el ciento por ciento de las participantes son mujeres — a o one hundred per cent of the participants are women

los hoteles están al ciento por ciento de su capacidad — the hotels are full to capacity, the hotels have a hundred per cent occupancy

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I

adjetivo/pronombre (delante de otro número) a/one hundred

ciento dos/cincuenta — a/one hundred and two/and fifty; para ejemplos ver quinientos

II

masculino

a) (número)

cientos de libros/miles — hundreds of books/of thousands

a cientos: vinieron a cientos — they came in the (AmE) o (BrE) in their hundreds

b)

por ciento — percent

cien por ciento — a hundred percent

un descuento del 20% — a 20% discount

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I

adjetivo/pronombre (delante de otro número) a/one hundred

ciento dos/cincuenta — a/one hundred and two/and fifty; para ejemplos ver quinientos

II

masculino

a) (número)

cientos de libros/miles — hundreds of books/of thousands

a cientos: vinieron a cientos — they came in the (AmE) o (BrE) in their hundreds

b)

por ciento — percent

cien por ciento — a hundred percent

un descuento del 20% — a 20% discount

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ciento¹

adjective / pronoun

[Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] a/one hundred

ciento dos a hundred and two

ciento cincuenta mil a/one hundred and fifty thousand

para ejemplos ver tb quinientos¹ (↑ quinientos (1))

ciento²

masculine

1 [Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ]

(número): cientos de libros hundreds of books

cientos de miles de dólares hundreds of thousands of dollars

a cientos: vinieron a cientos a verlo they came to see him in the (AmE) o (BrE) in their hundreds

(el) ciento y la madre (Esp fam): se juntaron allí el ciento y la madre a whole crowd of people met up there, everyone and his brother was there (AmE), the world and his wife were there (BrE)

para ejemplos ver quinientos² (↑ quinientos (2))

2 [Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ]

por ciento percent

el 10% de 9.300 10% of 9,300

un descuento del 20% a 20% discount

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ciento adjetivo/pronombre (delante de otro número) a/one hundred;

◊ ciento dos a/one hundred and two;

para ejemplos ver quinientos
■ sustantivo masculino

a) (número):

◊ cientos de libros hundreds of books;

vinieron a cientos they came in the (AmE) o (BrE) in their hundreds

b)

◊ por ciento percent;

cien por ciento a hundred percent
ciento
I adjetivo hundred
ciento veintitrés, one hundred and twenty three
II sustantivo masculino
1 (gran cantidad) había cientos de niños, there were hundreds of children there
2 por ciento, per cent
un descuento del diez por ciento, a ten per cent discount
tanto por ciento, percentage
♦ Locuciones: eran ciento y la madre, the world and his wife were there
'ciento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
giro
- pico
- por
- producción
- tanta
- tanto
- en
- pájaro
English:
appreciate
- bird
- cent
- down
- hundred
- per cent
- U-turn
- voter
- percent
- time

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ciento núm

a o one hundred;

ciento cincuenta a o one hundred and fifty;

cientos de hundreds of;

por ciento percent;

Comp

Fam

darle ciento y raya a alguien to run rings around sb;

Comp

Fam

eran ciento y la madre everybody and his dog o the world and his wife was there;

ver también treinta

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ciento

pron

1 a o

one hundred;

cientos de hundreds of;

ciento y la madre fam the world and his wife fam

2

:

el cinco por ciento five percent;

cien por ciento one hundred per cent, totally

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ciento adj, (used in compound numbers) : one hundred

ciento uno: one hundred and one

ciento nm

1) : hundred, group of a hundred

2)

por ciento : percent

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ciento num a hundred / one hundred

ciento diez pesetas one hundred and ten pesetas

había cientos de personas there were hundreds of people

por ciento per cent