cento
Portuguese, noun/ˈsẽ.tu/
cento is spelled C-E-N-T-O (5 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,623rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cento is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “hundred (100 units of something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “conjunto de cem unidades de alguma coisa”.
What does cento mean in English?
number
- 1
femininemasculineone hundred (only in compounds followed by lower numerals)
Cento e duas pessoas vieram.
noun
- 1
masculinehundred (100 units of something)
Comprei dois centos de maçãs.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. conjunto de cem unidades de alguma coisa 2. coletivo que indica múltiplos de cem
adjective: 1. cardinalidade de um conjunto de mais de cem elementos
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cento
- centos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cento?
- Brazil /ˈsẽ.tu/
- Portugal /ˈsẽ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cento in Portuguese?
cento appears 35 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).