centenar

/θenteˈnaɾ/ · B2 · noun · m

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💯 centenar = cent (hundred, like cent/century) + -enar, a group of 100

Spanish centenar comes from Latin centenarium, from centum 'hundred'. Same root as English century, cent, percent and centipede. Un centenar de personas means about a hundred people.

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