prices in spanish

Question

how do you say two hundred sixty two and fifteen cents in spanish

Answer 1

"Doscientos sesenta y dos dolares y quince centavos"

This is correct ,notice that all is plural.

However when spoken the "y" is suppressed to the point you will barely hear it, so it sounds like this.

"Doscientos sesenta dos , quince" Note how it is shortened- as those that are speaking know the denomination.

Answer 2

"Doscientos sesenta y dos dólares con quince centavos" is how I would say it .

This assuming you left out the word dollars in the English.

Answer 3

most Spanish words lose their accent in the plural form

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dólar

dólar m (plural dólares)

Just so there is no confusion here:

The plural of dólar is dólares

The plural of árbol is árboles

The plural of joven is jóvenes.

The plural of nación is naciones.

In each case the addition of an “es” adds a syllable (as opposed to adding just “s” which does not change the syllables). The stress in the word does not move, so the accent needs to go where it would under normal rules.

Since the rule is:

Words ending in a vowel, -n, or -s are stressed on the next to the last (penultimate) syllable:

Words ending in any consonant except -n or -s are stressed on the last syllable:

Any time the stress is not as above it is marked with an accent

If you work these examples with these rules you will see why in each case the accent is there or not there, based on whether the stress is in the natural place or an "unnatural" one. Although with so many words ending in "ón" I sometimes wonder about the rule.

Answer 4

Doscientos sesenta y dos dolares y quince centavos (of dollars)

o Doscientos sesenta y dos dolares y quince centímos (of Euros)

dólar = doller (in the singular) but most Spanish words lose their accent in the plural form so the word becomes dolares

I hope this helps

Answer 5

doscientos sesenta y dos dolars quince centavo.