ciento
Meanings
Numeric
1. one hundred (100) (only in compounds followed by lower numerals)
Examples13
Ciento dos personas vinieron.
One hundred and two people came.
¡Más vale amigo en mano que ciento volando!
A friend in hand is worth two in the bush!
¡Que vivas hasta los ciento veinte!
May you live to a hundred and twenty!
Más vale pájaro en mano que ciento volando.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
La producción de esta fábrica ha aumentado un veinte por ciento.
Production at this factory has increased by 20%.
Se espera que ciento cincuenta mil parejas se casen en Shanghái en 2006.
One hundred and fifty thousand couples are expected to get married in Shanghai in 2006.