quinhentos

Portuguese

Portuguese cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : quinhentos     Ordinal : quingentésimo
Portuguese Wikipedia article on quinhentos

Etymology

From Old Portuguese quinnentos, quinentos, from Latin quīngentōs, accusative masculine plural of quīngentī, from quīnque (“five”) + centum (“hundred”). Compare Galician quiñentos, Spanish quinientos.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /kĩˈɲẽ.tus/, [kĩˈj̃ẽ.tus]

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /kĩˈɲẽ.tus/, [kĩˈj̃ẽ.tus]
  • IPA^(key): (Rio de Janeiro) /kĩˈɲẽ.tuʃ/, [kĩˈj̃ẽ.tuʃ]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /kiˈɲẽ.tuʃ/, [kiˈɲẽ.tuʃ]

• Hyphenation: qui‧nhen‧tos

Adjective

quinhentos m (feminine quinhentas)

2. five hundred; 500

Noun

quinhentos m (plural quinhentos)

2. five hundred (the value of 500, or something with the value of 500)

Coordinate terms

• (hundreds) cem (adjectival) / cento (nominal), duzentos, trezentos, quatrocentos, quinhentos, seiscentos, setecentos, oitocentos, novecentos

Related terms

• cinco
• cento

Descendants

• Kadiwéu: cinyeento