number/ˈθjento/
one hundred (100) (only in compounds followed by lower numerals)
“Ciento dos personas vinieron.” — One hundred and two people came.
Related: ciento y la madre, de ciento a viento, de ciento en viento, quien hace un cesto hará ciento, si le dan mimbres y tiempo
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm Proto-Italic *kəntom Latin centum Old Spanish Spanish ciento Inherited from Old Spanish, from Latin centum, from Proto-Italic *kəntom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.