cento

Meaning

combining form of cen (100).

Hyphenated as

cen‧to

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈθento/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cento, from Latin centum, from Proto-Italic *kentom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.

Sentences

Fixeran falta cento vinte anos para construílo.

It took me a hundred and twenty years to build it.

O noventa por cento da produción expórtase.

Ninety percent of production is exported.

O crecemento dos beneficios brutos superou o doce por cento .

Gross profit growth exceeded twelve percent.