mil
one thousand
Intermediate Adjective
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Pronunciation
/miw/
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Cultural Note
Like Spanish, Portuguese does not use 'um' before 'mil': you say 'mil' not 'um mil.' Brazilian Portuguese uses a period as the thousands separator and a comma for decimals: 1.000 = one thousand, 1,50 = one point five. This is the opposite of the American English convention and a frequent source of confusion.
📝 Example Sentences
A cidade tem cinquenta mil habitantes.
The city has fifty thousand inhabitants.
Mil desculpas!
A thousand apologies!
📊 Adjective Forms
| Gender | Form |
|---|---|
| base | mil |
| plural | mil |