Word
El número cien es grande.
Meaning
The number one hundred is big.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about El número cien es grande.
Why doesn't the sentence say un cien for "one hundred"?
Would I still use cien if the number was 105?
No, you would use ciento. The word cien is used for exactly 100. If you are counting from 101 to 199, you switch to ciento, so 105 is ciento cinco.
Why does número have an accent mark on the "u"?
The accent mark tells you to stress that specific syllable when speaking. Without it, the rules of pronunciation would make you naturally stress the second-to-last syllable (nu-ME-ro) instead of the first one (NU-me-ro).