Miles and kilometers

Question

Okay, I saw a sign this morning that got me thinking about this one.

In the US and a few other places we use miles, in Mexico we use kilometers.

So in the US we ask: What kind of mileage do you get?

In Mexico it is: What kind of kilometraje do you get?

So how would you translate mileage into Spanish?

Please no cheating. No search engines, no dictionaries, etc. Just think about it and take a guess.

My guess was millaje. W R O N G ! ! !

Answer 1

Kilometraje?

Yes. There is no pure word for mileage. Instead Spanish uses the same word for miles and kilometers. Surprizing I thought. Especially sense there are words for other purely English things like Dollars. Oh well. I found it interesting. - gringojrf, Aug 1, 2013

So..¿Qué es tu kilometraje en millas? - gringojrf, Aug 1, 2013

But England is just a colony, right? lol - gringojrf, Aug 1, 2013

We don't have dollars in England! The yare an American concept, dear Gringo. - annierats, Aug 1, 2013

See, I would not have guessed that. - Jubilado, Aug 3, 2013

The word " dollar " came from German " Taler" it was used in New Amsterdam to describe the Spanish pieces of Eight , and the dollar sign was the pillars of Hercules each side of the straights of Gibraltar. - ray76, Aug 4, 2013

Thomas Jefferson was actually the one who suggested to the United States Congress that the name be applied to the federal currency that came into being after the writing of the constitution. - ray76, Aug 4, 2013

"Dollar" came into English from the Low German word "daler" which was a variation on the Standard High German "taler". "Taler" was a shortened form of "Joachimstaler" which was the name of a coin minted near Joachimstal in what is now Bohemia (in the Cze - ray76, Aug 4, 2013

Czech Republic). This coin was a very large silver coin and was used throughout the German States as well as Denmark and Sweden for a period. - ray76, Aug 4, 2013

either side of the Strait of Gibraltar which were said to have been placed there by Hercules) with a scroll in front of them which once decorated the front of the Spanish currency. - ray76, Aug 4, 2013

American colonists brought the term "dollar" to the New World and used it in reference to Spanish pieces of eight. This is where the origins of the dollar sign come in: the $ is actually said to come from an image of the Pillars of Hercules (two mountains - ray76, Aug 4, 2013

Another notation from the resident " nerd" - ray76, Aug 4, 2013

Answer 2

A thousand miles

Que caminaría mil millas por una de sus sonrisas

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This may answer your question. Es milaje.

And the mileage doesn't matter! - Jubilado, Aug 4, 2013

You are so right mate , I am still enjoying the trip but missing many along the way. - ray76, Aug 4, 2013

por una de sus.... - chileno, Aug 4, 2013

Well said! - annierats, Aug 4, 2013

Thanks chileno , getting that one correct is so hard , well everything is really. - ray76, Aug 4, 2013

Gracias Annie, buena noche ,me voy a la cama ahora mismo. - ray76, Aug 4, 2013

You are welcome. :) - chileno, Aug 4, 2013

Answer 3

¿Cuantos miles por litro? ( We don't do gallons any longer, Gring, although I think they are in the region of 4.3 litres to a gallon and a kilometer is a bit less than one and a half miles..)

There are 8 furlongs to the mile.

There are 4 inches to the hand.

I hope I have clarified everything now!

What? No more Imperial Gallons? How long is your mile? - gringojrf, Aug 1, 2013

I'm looking for the spanish word for mileage. - gringojrf, Aug 1, 2013

1 mile = 1.609344 km - A kilometer is a lot less than a mile Annie :) - ian-hill, Aug 1, 2013

Well, that's what Imean Ian, a pont to point isnever less than 3 miles, after all, and its quite far enough for most amateurs. - annierats, Aug 1, 2013

Answer 4

Cuantos litros por 100?

We also don't use liters. So gallons? - gringojrf, Aug 1, 2013

I don't think there is a word for mileage in Spanish. :) - ian-hill, Aug 1, 2013

1 mile = 1.609344 km - ian-hill, Aug 1, 2013

1 Imperial gallon = 1.2 US gallons - ian-hill, Aug 1, 2013

but we don't use them anymore :) - ian-hill, Aug 1, 2013

Answer 5

What do you mean by thousands and kilómetros?

The word millaje o millage does not exist, but one of those would have to be used if we didn't use kilometraje/kiómetros.

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I just find it curious that there is no direct sord for mileage but rather use a word associated with a different unit of measure, kilometers. - gringojrf, Aug 4, 2013

Well, the weird part is not the usage of a word associated with the right word, correct? ;) I know, we all understand millas, and it should have an equivalent in Spanish... - chileno, Aug 4, 2013

In fact mile = milla why not have an translation of mileage? Beats me! - chileno, Aug 4, 2013

Answer 6

Cuantos miles? How many miles?

How many thousands? - gringojrf, Aug 1, 2013

:) - chileno, Aug 4, 2013

Answer 7

I think the answer is kilometraje because they don't use miles, thus they don't have a word for it.

Answer 8

¿Qué es la usa por milla?

Of course you are correct. But the word for "mileage". I know you know the answer so please don't give it away. - gringojrf, Aug 1, 2013

You have more confidence in me than I do! Thanks and I will await the answer and go "Of Course!" - Jubilado, Aug 1, 2013