thousand

mil

thousand(thau-zihnd)

noun

1. (number)

a. mil

Thousands of people gathered in front of the United Nations to demonstrate their support.

Miles de personas se congregaron delante de las Naciones Unidas para manifestar su apoyo.

adjective

2. (number)

a. mil

I have to write two thousand words a day for three days if I want to finish my essay on time.

Tengo que escribir dos mil palabras al día durante tres días si quiero terminar mi ensayo a tiempo.

thousand

Noun

1. (general)

a.

a or one thousandmil

three thousandtres mil

thousands of peoplemillares or miles de personas

in thousandsa millares

2. (colloquial)

a.

to have a thousand and one things to dotener mil cosas que hacer

she's one in a thousandhay pocas como ella

adjective

3. (general)

a. mil

a thousand yearsmil años

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thousand [ˈθaʊzənd]

adjective

pronoun

mil

noun

(numeral) mil (m)

a thousand one thousand mil

two/five thousand dos/cinco mil; a thousand and one/two mil uno/dos; I've got a thousand and one things to do tengo la mar de cosas que hacer (informal); they sell them by the thousand los venden a millares; in their thousands a millares; thousands of ... miles de ...; I've told you a thousand times or thousands of times te lo he dicho mil veces