Spanish - Numbers
Numbers (Números)
0 to 19
Cardinal:
- no patterns for 1-15.
- 16-19:
dieci-(meaningdiez y, "ten and") + digit. - multiple of tens: all ends in
-entaexcept forveinte. - 21-29:
veinti-+ digit. - 31-99: multiple of tens +
y+ digit.
Ordinal:
- Ordinal numbers are adjectives that must agree with the noun.
- Comes before the noun.
| Number | Spanish (Cardinal) | Spanish (Ordinal) |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | cero | |
| 1 | uno | primero |
| 2 | dos | segundo |
| 3 | tres | tercero |
| 4 | cuatro | cuarto |
| 5 | cinco | quinto |
| 6 | seis | sexto |
| 7 | siete | séptimo |
| 8 | ocho | octavo |
| 9 | nueve | noveno |
| 10 | diez | décimo |
| 11 | once | decimoprimero / undécimo |
| 12 | doce | decimosegundo / duodécimo |
| 13 | trece | decimotercero |
| 14 | catorce | decimocuarto |
| 15 | quince | decimoquinto |
| 16 | dieciséis | decimosexto |
| 17 | diecisiete | decimoséptimo |
| 18 | dieciocho | decimoctavo |
| 19 | diecinueve | decimonoveno |
20 to 100
Multiples of 10:
| Number | Spanish (Cardinal) | Spanish (Ordinal) |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | veinte | vigésimo |
| 21 | veintiuno | vigésimo primero |
| 22 | veintidós | vigésimo segundo |
| 23 | veintitrés | |
| 24 | veinticuatro | |
| 25 | veinticinco | |
| 26 | veintiséis | |
| 27 | veintisiete | |
| 28 | veintiocho | |
| 29 | veintinueve | |
| 30 | treinta | trigésimo |
| 31 | treinta y uno | |
| 32 | treinta y dos | |
| 33 | treinta y tres | |
| 40 | cuarenta | cuadragésimo |
| 41 | cuarenta y uno | |
| 42 | cuarenta y dos | |
| 50 | cincuenta | quincuagésimo |
| 60 | sesenta | sexagésimo |
| 70 | setenta | septuagésimo |
| 80 | ochenta | octogésimo |
| 90 | noventa | nonagésimo |
| 100 | cien | centésimo |
101 to 199
ciento + number between 1 and 99 (no y in between)
- 101 - ciento uno
- 102 - ciento dos
- 110 - ciento diez
- 111 - ciento once
200 to 999
Multiples of 100 + number.
Multiples of 100, have masculine and feminie forms:
- 200 – doscientos
- 300 – trescientos
- 400 – cuatrocientos
- 500 – quinientos
- 600 – seiscientos
- 700 – setecientos
- 800 – ochocientos
- 900 – novecientos
Examples:
- 201 - doscientos uno
- 202 - doscientos dos
- 211 - doscientos once
- 276 - doscientos setenta y seis
1000+
- 1,000:
mil(justmil, NOTun mil) - 1,001:
mil uno(withouty) - 41,000:
cuarenta y un mil - 100,000:
cien mil - 1,000,000:
un millón(withun)
un millón or millones with a noun, must use de.
un millón de libros
(one million books)
Billion and Trillion are different in Spanish! Spanish uses "long scale", while English uses "short scale".
- 1,000,000,000:
un millardo/mil millones(1 billion in English) - 1,000,000,000,000:
un billón(1 trillion in English) - 1,000,000,000,000,000:
mil billones(1 quadrillion) - 1,000,000,000,000,000,000:
un trillón(1 quintillion)
How to say "half" in Spanish
un millón y medio.
(one and a half million.)
Dots vs Commas
In Spain the dots (.) are used to separate thousands and commas (,) to indicate decimals. This is the opposite of English.s