Today’s Spanish word of the day is “mil.”
It means “thousand” and can be used as an adjective or noun.
Some examples of its use as an adjective include “mil personas” (“a thousand people”) and “mil euros” (“a thousand euros”).
When used as a noun, it doesn’t require an indefinite pronoun, unlike in English. For example, you would say “tengo mil” (literally “I have thousand”) rather than “I have a thousand”).
Like how the word “thousand” is sometimes used in English, the word “mil” can also be used to mean “countless” or “many”, for example in the phrase “te lo he dicho mil veces” (I’ve told you a thousand times).
The word “mil” comes from the Latin mille, meaning “thousand.” Some English words from this root include “millennium” and “millipede”.
Example sentences
Hace mil años, este lugar era muy diferente.
A thousand years ago, this place was very different.
Una imagen vale más que mil palabras.
A picture is worth more than a thousand words.
Después de mil intentos fallidos, finalmente lo logré.
After a thousand failed attempts, I finally did it.
Vivimos a mil kilómetros de la costa.
We live a thousand kilometers from the coast.
El libro costaba mil pesos, pero ahora está en oferta.
The book cost a thousand pesos, but now it’s on sale.
