seiscentos

Galician

Galician numbers ^(edit)

[a], [b], [c] ←  500	600	700  →
	60[a], [b]
Cardinal: seiscentos     Ordinal (reintegrationist): seiscentésimo     Ordinal: sexcentésimo     Ordinal abbreviation: 600º     Fractional (reintegrationist): seiscentésimo     Fractional: sexcentésimo

Numeral

seiscentos m (feminine seiscentas)

1. six hundred; 600

Coordinate terms

• (hundreds) cen (adjectival) / cento (nominal), douscentos, trescentos, catrocentos, cincocentos/quiñentos, seiscentos, setecentos, oitocentos, novecentos

Further reading

• “seiscentos”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Portuguese

Portuguese numbers ^(edit)

←  500	600	700  →
	60
Cardinal: seiscentos     Ordinal: sexcentésimo, seiscentésimo     Ordinal abbreviation: 600.º, 600º     Fractional: sexcentésimo, seiscentésimo, seiscentos avos
Portuguese Wikipedia article on 600

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese seiscentos, from Latin sexcentōs, accusative masculine plural of sexcentī, from sex (“six”) + centum (“hundred”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sejˈsẽ.tus/ [seɪ̯ˈsẽ.tus]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sejˈsẽ.tus/ [seɪ̯ˈsẽ.tus]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /sejˈsẽ.tuʃ/ [seɪ̯ˈsẽ.tuʃ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sejˈsẽ.tos/ [seɪ̯ˈsẽ.tos]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /sɐjʃˈsẽ.tuʃ/, /sɐjˈʃẽ.tuʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /sɐjʃˈsẽ.tuʃ/, /sɐjˈʃẽ.tuʃ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /sejʃˈsẽ.tuʃ/, /sejˈʃẽ.tuʃ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /sejʃˈsẽ.tuʃ/, /sejˈʃẽ.tuʃ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /seʃˈsẽ.tuʃ/, /seˈʃẽ.tuʃ/

• Hyphenation: seis‧cen‧tos

Adjective

seiscentos m (feminine seiscentas)

2. six hundred; 600

Noun

seiscentos m (invariable)

2. six hundred (the value of 600, or something with the value of 600)

Further reading

• “seiscentos”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “seiscentos”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026