How to Say ‘Twelve thousand pesos’ in Mexican Spanish
Doce mil pesos
DOH-seh meel PEH-sohs
[DOH-seh meel PEH-sohs]
💬 Usage Tip: mil "thousand" never takes a plural and never takes un. So it's mil pesos and doce mil pesos, never miles or un mil.
Phrase Breakdown
Doce
[DOH-seh]
twelve
The number 12.
Somos doce personas.
We are twelve people.
mil
[meel]
a thousand
The number 1000; with 'gracias' it means 'thanks a lot'.
Hay mil tortillas en la mesa.
There are a thousand tortillas on the table.
pesos
[PEH-sohs]
pesos
Mexico's currency; plural of 'peso'.
El viaje cuesta doscientos pesos.
The ride costs two hundred pesos.
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