quiñentos

Galician

Galician numbers ^(edit)

[a], [b] ←  400	500	600  →
	50[a], [b], [c]
Cardinal (standard): cincocentos, quiñentos     Cardinal (reintegrationist): quinhentos     Ordinal (standard): quinxentésimo     Ordinal (reintegrationist): qüingentésimo, quingentésimo     Ordinal abbreviation: 500º     Fractional (standard): quinxentésimo     Fractional (reintegrationist): qüingentésimo, quingentésimo

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese quinnentos, quinentos, from Latin quīngentōs, accusative masculine plural of quīngentī. Compare Portuguese quinhentos, Spanish quinientos.

Numeral

quiñentos m (feminine quiñentas)

1. five hundred; 500

   Synonym: cincocentos

Further reading

• “quiñentos”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024