Usage Note
Millar is a collective noun meaning 'a group of a thousand'. Un millar de personas means roughly a thousand people. It is often used in the plural — millares de turistas (thousands of tourists) — to convey a large, approximate quantity, similar to the way English uses 'thousands of'. Do not confuse with millón (a million).
Examples
"Millares de personas asistieron al concierto."
Natural Translation
Thousands of people attended the concert.
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