Usage Note
Doscientos has a feminine form doscientas that must agree with its noun: doscientas páginas but doscientos metros. This gender agreement rule applies to all hundreds from 200 to 900 and is a common learner error. The full series is doscientos, trescientos, cuatrocientos, etc.
Examples
"El libro tiene doscientas páginas."
Natural Translation
The book has two hundred pages.
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