cien personas

a hundred people

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phrase Rare #41,612
a hundred people Use cien before plural nouns to mean 100.
SP: Había cien personas en la fiesta.
EN: There were a hundred people at the party.

Se lo hizo a cien personas.

He did it to a hundred people.

— Un simple accidente (2025)

No menos de cien personas estaban presentes.

No fewer than one hundred people were present.

Había al menos cien personas presentes.

There were at least one hundred people present.

Ahí fuera hay cien personas que han oído los disparos.

There are a hundred people out there who heard the gunshots.

— American Gangster (2007)

Tengo a cien personas acá abajo y están cubiertas de vidrio.

I have a hundred people down here and they're covered in glass.

— Jungla de cristal (1988)