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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