Spanish grammar
Doscientos, doscientas: hundreds and thousands
Say and understand big amounts of money.
From the scene Mil doscientos euros (One thousand two hundred euros)
In short
Hundreds agree with the noun: doscientos euros, doscientas raciones. Say mil, not un mil; cien becomes ciento before another number.
Your turn
Which one goes with four thousand five hundred euros?
Options: mil doscientos · doscientas raciones · cuatro mil quinientos euros
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four thousand five hundred euros → cuatro mil quinientos euros
How it works
From two hundred to nine hundred, the hundreds agree with the noun: doscientos euros, but doscientas raciones.
Good to know
Quinientos, setecientos and novecientos are irregular. A thousand is just mil, not un mil, and mil does not change: cuatro mil.
Good to know
Cien becomes ciento when another number follows: ciento veinte.
one thousand two hundred mil doscientos
Nuria
No. En la compañía gano mil doscientos. Prácticamente el mínimo.
No. Here I earn one thousand two hundred. Practically the minimum.
Your turn
What fills the gap?
No. En la compañía gano (blank). Prácticamente el mínimo.
Options: mil doscientos · cuatro mil quinientos euros · doscientas raciones
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Nuria
No. En la compañía gano mil doscientos. Prácticamente el mínimo.
No. Here I earn one thousand two hundred. Practically the minimum.
four thousand five hundred euros cuatro mil quinientos euros
Nuria
Javi, mira: ingreso del viernes, cuatro mil quinientos euros.
Javi, look: Friday’s payment, four thousand five hundred euros.
Your turn
What fills the gap?
Javi, mira: ingreso del viernes, (blank).
Options: cuatro mil quinientos euros · mil doscientos · doscientas raciones
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Nuria
Javi, mira: ingreso del viernes, cuatro mil quinientos euros.
Javi, look: Friday’s payment, four thousand five hundred euros.
two hundred plates doscientas raciones
Nuria
Unas cien personas, doscientas raciones, ciento veinte botellas...
About a hundred people, two hundred plates, a hundred and twenty bottles...
Your turn
What fills the gap?
Unas cien personas, (blank), ciento veinte botellas...
Options: cuatro mil quinientos euros · doscientas raciones · mil doscientos
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Nuria
Unas cien personas, doscientas raciones, ciento veinte botellas...
About a hundred people, two hundred plates, a hundred and twenty bottles...
a hundred and twenty bottles ciento veinte botellas
Nuria
Unas cien personas, doscientas raciones, ciento veinte botellas...
About a hundred people, two hundred plates, a hundred and twenty bottles...
Your turn
What fills the gap?
Unas cien personas, doscientas raciones, (blank)...
Options: cuatro mil quinientos euros · ciento veinte botellas · mil doscientos
Show answer
Nuria
Unas cien personas, doscientas raciones, ciento veinte botellas...
About a hundred people, two hundred plates, a hundred and twenty bottles...
one thousand seven hundred pesetas mil setecientas pesetas
Elena
Mi primer sueldo: mil setecientas pesetas. ¡Una fortuna!
My first wages: one thousand seven hundred pesetas. A fortune!
Your turn
What fills the gap?
Mi primer sueldo: (blank). ¡Una fortuna!
Options: mil setecientas pesetas · mil doscientos · cuatro mil quinientos euros
Show answer
Elena
Mi primer sueldo: mil setecientas pesetas. ¡Una fortuna!
My first wages: one thousand seven hundred pesetas. A fortune!
Common mistake
Not cincocientos or quinientas here. Five hundred — euros is masculine.
Javi, mira: ingreso del viernes, cuatro mil quinientos euros.
Javi, look: Friday’s payment, four thousand five hundred euros.
Practise it in the story
Meet this rule inside a short animated scene. Answer as it plays, then say the lines yourself.
Practise free in the appSee all forms
| one thousand two hundred | mil doscientos |
|---|---|
| four thousand five hundred euros | cuatro mil quinientos euros |
| two hundred plates | doscientas raciones |
| a hundred and twenty bottles | ciento veinte botellas |
| one thousand seven hundred pesetas | mil setecientas pesetas |
More lines from the story
- Elena¡Qué económico! Aproximadamente cuarenta y cuatro por persona.How cheap! Roughly forty-four a head.
- JaviYo. Pero un ordenador no comete errores.Me. But a computer doesn’t make mistakes.