milenta

From mil, "a thousand", with a rarely productive suffix -enta, equivalent to English -ty, extracted by reanalysis from cuarenta (“forty”), cincuenta (“fifty”) etc. Compare Galician millenta and dialectal Portuguese milhenta.

• IPA^(key): /miˈlenta/ [miˈlẽn̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -enta
• Syllabification: mi‧len‧ta

milenta f (plural milentas)

1. a thousand (loosely)

   Synonyms: mil, millar

2. a zillion; a countless quantity

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “milenta”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “milenta”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN