milhenta

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From milhar, "a thousand", with a rarely productive suffix -enta, equivalent to English -ty, extracted by reanalysis from quarenta (“forty”), cinquenta (“fifty”) etc. Compare Galician millenta and Asturian milenta.

Pronunciation

Noun

milhenta f (plural milhentas)

  1. (Northern Portugal) a thousand (loosely)
    Synonym: milhar
  2. (Northern Portugal) a zillion; a countless quantity

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