cinco

five

cinco(seeng-koh)

adjective

1. (number)

a. five

Hay cinco árboles en frente de la casa.

There are five trees in front of the house.

masculine noun

2. (number)

a. five

Dos más tres son cinco.

Two plus three equals five.

b. fifth (in dates)

Nuestros amigos llegarán el cinco de febrero.

Our friends will be arriving on February fifth.

3. (minimal amount)

(Chile)

a. five cents

No le pidas nada porque ni tiene un cinco.

Don't ask him for anything because he doesn't even have five cents.

4. (five-cent piece)

(Chile)

(Costa Rica)

a. five-cent piece

Mi abuelo me dio este cinco de colección.

My grandfather gave me this five-cent piece as a collector's item.

5. (marble)

(Guatemala)

a. marbles

Pepe, ¿quieres jugar al cinco conmigo?

Pepe, do you want to play marbles with me?

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cinco

adjective

pronoun

(gen) five; (ordinal, en la fecha) fifth

las cinco five o'clock; le escribí el día cinco I wrote to him on the fifth

estar sin cinco

no tener ni cinco

to be broke (familiar)

le dije cuántas son cinco I told him a thing or two

no estar en sus cinco to be off one's rocker (familiar)

saber cuántas son cinco to know what's what

tener los cinco muy listos to be light-fingered

¡vengan esos cinco! shake on it! (familiar)

1 (número) five; (fecha) fifth; (Educación) five the pass mark; (the pass mark)

sacar un cinco pelado to scrape through (familiar)

2 (Ven) (guitarra) five-stringed guitar

3 (México) (trasero) bottom; backside (familiar)

4 (Centroamérica) (México) (moneda) five-peso piece

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