Ciento in english
pronunciation: hʌndrəd part of speech: noun, adjective
cien = hundred ; hundred ; one hundred.
Example: There seems little point in hundreds of cataloguers in separate locations wading through cataloguing codes and classification schemes in order to create a variety of catalogue records for the same work.Example: There seems little point in hundreds of cataloguers in separate locations wading through cataloguing codes and classification schemes in order to create a variety of catalogue records for the same work.Example: It features elements of many of the trends in classification theory and practice over the past one hundred years.more:
» a cientos = by the hundreds .
Example: Around its shrouded summit the regal birds wheeled by the hundreds, their plangent wails and cackles echoing off the black volcanic slopes.» cien por cien = one hundred percent .
Example: Even if a runner does recover after pulling a muscle they will never be one hundred percent healed.» cientos = scores ; oodles .
Example: A killer bacteria resistant to antibiotics is sowing panic across Israel as it sweeps through hospitals leaving scores dead. Example: For me it's not just about her technical skill, of which Megan has oodles, but about her ability to connect with her clients.» cientos de = hundreds of ; yards of ; oodles of .
Example: There are now a number of degrees of integration: 'SSI' Small Scale Integration (tens of transistors on a single chip); 'MSI' Medium Scale Integration (hundreds of transistors); 'LSI' Large Scale Integration (thousands of transistors); and 'VSLI' (hundreds of thousands of transistors). Example: Profiles in newspapers and magazines, autograph-signing appearances in bookshops -- any device at all that reveals the person behind the book -- does far more for an author's readership than yards of reviews or pages of expensive advertisements. Example: This way I do not litter my desk with oodles of photocopies and I can search for key words or phrases electronically within any scanned document.» cientos de miles = hundreds of thousands ; tens of thousands .
Example: Note the automatic telephone exchange, which has hundreds of thousands of such contacts, and yet is reliable. Example: Tens of thousands of records per week can be handled in this way.» cientos de millones = hundred million .
Example: A spider web of metal, sealed in a thin glass container, a wire heated to brilliant glow, in short, the thermionic tube of radio sets is made by the hundred million, tossed about in packages, plugged into sockets -- and it works!.» cientos y cientos (de) = oodles and oodles (of) .
Example: Almost immediately after the purchase, the media began to speculate about the 'oodles and oodles of money' that the company was already losing.» cien veces = hundred-fold .
Example: During the same period output increased about a hundred-fold, while prices went down by factors of about ten.» dar cien/mil vueltas a = run + rings (a)round [En español se puede decir dar cien vueltas a o dar mil vueltas a o dar cien mil vueltas a] ; run + circles (a)round [En español se puede decir dar cien vueltas a o dar mil vueltas a o dar cien mil vueltas a] .
Example: As for Putin, he only runs rings around the West because our leaders are so feeble and directionless. Example: Once again, President Obama has allowed the Chinese government to run circles around him.» dar cien mil vueltas bebiendo = drink + Nombre + under the table .
Example: What it all comes down to, though, is that Cana is the kind of gal who needs to be with someone who can drink her under the table.» darle cien mil vueltas a = knock + spots off + Nombre ; beat + Nombre + hands down ; win + hands down ; stand + head and shoulders above .
Example: They have the potential to knock spots off the private sector and it is about time people in the country realised that. Example: There is no contest in the head-to-head battle for information services supremacy and Google, with its information 'now' and 'fast', beats others hands down. Example: Candy, soda, pizza and other snacks compete with nutritious meals everyday with the junk food variety winning hands down every time. Example: This is a gorgeous wine that stands head and shoulders above the vast majority of wines in its price range.» darle cien mil vueltas a = knock + spots off + Nombre ; beat + Nombre + hands down ; win + hands down ; stand + head and shoulders above .
Example: They have the potential to knock spots off the private sector and it is about time people in the country realised that. Example: There is no contest in the head-to-head battle for information services supremacy and Google, with its information 'now' and 'fast', beats others hands down. Example: Candy, soda, pizza and other snacks compete with nutritious meals everyday with the junk food variety winning hands down every time. Example: This is a gorgeous wine that stands head and shoulders above the vast majority of wines in its price range.» darle cien mil vueltas a = knock + spots off + Nombre ; beat + Nombre + hands down ; win + hands down ; stand + head and shoulders above .
Example: They have the potential to knock spots off the private sector and it is about time people in the country realised that. Example: There is no contest in the head-to-head battle for information services supremacy and Google, with its information 'now' and 'fast', beats others hands down. Example: Candy, soda, pizza and other snacks compete with nutritious meals everyday with the junk food variety winning hands down every time. Example: This is a gorgeous wine that stands head and shoulders above the vast majority of wines in its price range.» de menos del 10 por ciento = single digit ; single figure .
Example: The year saw single digit percentage increases over 1996 prices for monographs and double digit increases for serials. Example: In the non-fiction categories only one class, that of 'education', reached double figures, and all others were in single figures, so that it is difficult to say what is really important in people's non-fiction reading.» división del 50 por ciento = 50-50 split .
Example: Alimony and child support is entirely up to the discretion of the judge and is nowhere near an equitable 50-50 split as mandated by community property laws.» el ciento y la madre = oodles .
Example: For me it's not just about her technical skill, of which Megan has oodles, but about her ability to connect with her clients.» el ciento y la madre de = zillion ; gazillion ; umpteen ; oodles of .
Example: The article is entitled 'Internet power searching: finding pearls in a zillion grains of sand'. Example: Qatar should use its gazillions of petrodollars to finance peacemaking, not confrontation. Example: The article is entitled 'Youth Opportunities and Umpteen Reasons for Not Leaving School'. Example: This way I do not litter my desk with oodles of photocopies and I can search for key words or phrases electronically within any scanned document.» en tanto por ciento = percentage-wise .
Example: 'What did we increase it by this time, percentage-wise?,' he asked.» ladrón que roba a (otro) ladrón tiene cien años de perdón = it's no crime to steal from a thief .
Example: The old saying is that it's no crime to steal from a thief, but how far this will hold in law is a problem.» más del 10 por ciento = double digit ; double figure .
Example: The year saw single digit percentage increases over 1996 prices for monographs and double digit increases for serials. Example: In the non-fiction categories only one class, that of 'education', reached double figures, and all others were in single figures, so that it is difficult to say what is really important in people's non-fiction reading.» más vale pájaro en mano que ciento volando = a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush .
Example: Going by the idiom 'A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush' is not likely to be a successful strategy in an increasingly competitive environment.» más vale una vez rojo que ciento amarillo = a stitch in time saves nine .
Example: It is better too, for the help to be given before the problem has grown to a crisis -- a stitch in time saves nine.» Número + por ciento = by + factor of + Número ; Número + percentage points .
Example: During the same period output increased about a hundred-fold, while prices went down by factors of about ten. Example: The amount of rebate is three percentage points per year for the first five years of the loan.» por ciento = per cent [percent] (%) .
Example: It was agreed to withhold supplies from booksellers who offered new books at a discount greater than the 10 per cent usually allowed for cash.» por cientos = by the hundreds .
Example: Around its shrouded summit the regal birds wheeled by the hundreds, their plangent wails and cackles echoing off the black volcanic slopes.» por debajo del 10 por ciento = single digit ; single figure .
Example: The year saw single digit percentage increases over 1996 prices for monographs and double digit increases for serials. Example: In the non-fiction categories only one class, that of 'education', reached double figures, and all others were in single figures, so that it is difficult to say what is really important in people's non-fiction reading.» por encima del 10 por ciento = double digit .
Example: The year saw single digit percentage increases over 1996 prices for monographs and double digit increases for serials.» proporción del 50 por ciento = 50-50 split .
Example: Alimony and child support is entirely up to the discretion of the judge and is nowhere near an equitable 50-50 split as mandated by community property laws.» proporción del 50 por ciento entre hombres y mujeres = 50-50 gender split .
Example: The leader of the the Labor Party thinks membership is too blokey and has started a recruitment drive to attain a 50-50 gender split among the rank and file.» remontarse cientos de años = go back + hundreds of years .
Example: She obeyed because, like tens of thousands of other Nigerians, she was born into a slave caste that goes back hundreds of years.» tanto por ciento = percentage .
Example: But those institutions, and I am referring particularly to public libraries, serve a very large percentage of the nation's library users.» tener un cincuenta por ciento de posibilidades = be a toss-up (between... and.../whether... or not...) .
Example: Nine major forecasters all say Iowa is a toss-up, ranging anywhere from a 62 percent chance of a Clinton win to a 65 percent chance of a Trump win.» tienda de todo a cien = dollar store .
Example: She went to the dollar store and bought a whole bunch of stickers and junk (hair bobbles etc) to send to her grandkids.» un cincuenta por ciento más (que) = half as many/much again (as) [Expresión británica equivalente a la americna half again as many/much (as)] ; half again as many/much (as) [Expresión americana equivalente a la británica half as many/much again (as)] .
Example: According to a survey out today, the average teenager now receives an allowance heading towards £1,000 a year, with some pocketing half as much again. Example: The United States is exporting half again as much wine as it did last year, thanks largely to drinkers in Canada, Britain and Germans.» veinte por ciento = two-tenths .
Example: For the above example, the cost per abstract impression has been near two-tenths of a cent.