Polyglot Dictionary

millar

/miˈʝaɾ/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
millares

Meaning

  1. thousand

    • Acudieron millares de personas.

      Thousands of people came.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

mil

millar is more formal, used for counting large quantities, like "millares de personas," thousands of people; mil is the everyday number word.

Similar in other languages

French

mille

mille is the French word for the same thing — both mean "thousand."

Practice

1 What does millar mean?

2 Fill the gap: Acudieron ___ de personas.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches millar?

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