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centinaio

hundred

noun chen-tee-NAH-yoh Less Common

Also means

about a hundred

Usage Note

Centinaio is a collective noun for 'a hundred or so' and is masculine singular but takes an irregular feminine plural, le centinaia. Like migliaio (thousand) and paio (pair), it shifts gender in the plural. Use it for approximate counts: centinaia di persone.

Examples

"C'erano centinaia di persone."

Natural Translation

There were hundreds of people.

Literal Translation

There-were hundreds of people.

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