mil yenes

a thousand yen

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phrase Uncommon #21,443

a thousand yen Used for amounts of Japanese currency. In Spanish, the currency name is often pluralized after numbers.

SP: Necesito tres mil yenes para el taxi.

EN: I need three thousand yen for the taxi.

Cinco mil yenes son suficientes para comprar este diccionario.

Five thousand yen is enough to buy this dictionary.

Y una pensión mensual de doce o trece mil yenes.

And a monthly pension of twelve or thirteen thousand yen.

— Vivir (1952)

One thousand yen.

— Bullet Train (2022)

Este reloj me costó diez mil yenes.

This watch cost me ten thousand yen.

La abuela cobra setenta mil yenes al mes, ¿verdad?

Grandma receives seventy thousand yen a month, doesn't she?

— Un asunto de familia (2018)

Unos diez mil yenes.

About ten thousand yen.

— Nadie sabe (2004)

Te deben mil yenes.

They owe you 1,000 yen.

Tío, mi padre ha retirado cinco mil yenes del banco.

Uncle, my father withdrew five thousand yen from the bank.

— Vivir (1952)

Puedes comprarlo por unos mil yenes.

You can buy it for about a thousand yen.

Este reloj cuesta alrededor de cincuenta mil yenes.

This watch costs around fifty thousand yen.

No tiene menos de dos mil yenes con él.

He has no less than two thousand yen with him.

Diez mil yenes no cubren los gastos.

Ten thousand yen does not cover the expenses.

Costará más de mil yenes.

It will cost more than a thousand yen.

Me costó diez mil yenes para reparar mi televisión.

It cost me ten thousand yen to repair my television.

Pagué dos mil yenes por el libro.

I paid two thousand yen for the book.

phrase Rare #45,181

a thousand yen Used to count money in Japanese currency. The plural form in Spanish does not mean multiple separate yen coins here; it just refers to an amount of money.

SP: Este libro cuesta mil yenes.

EN: This book costs a thousand yen.

Me costó mil yenes hacer reparar mi bicicleta.

It cost me a thousand yen to get my bicycle repaired.

Sólo tengo cinco mil yenes.

I only have five thousand yen.

Mamá le da a mi hermana dos mil yenes cada mes.

Mom gives my sister two thousand yen every month.

Les di mil yenes a cada uno.

I gave them each a thousand yen.