Learn Spanish Numbers - Los números español
Learn Spanish numbers quickly and easily using the guide below. Once you learn Spanish numbers it will benefit you in many situations. from being able to understand shop assistants when they tell you how much something costs to reciting your phone number when making a reservation at a Spanish restaurant.
Firstly, an important note on gender. For Spanish numbers ending in ‘uno’ (’one’), you use the form ‘un’ to precede masculine nouns, and ‘una’ to precede feminine nouns. Only in counting is the ‘uno’ form used.
1 uno
2 dos
3 tres
4 cuatro
5 cinco
6 seis
7 siete
8 ocho
9 nueve
10 diez
11 once
12 doce
13 trece
14 catorce
15 quince
16 dieciséis
17 diecisiete
18 dieciocho
19 diecinueve
20 veinte
21 veintiuno (veinte y uno)
22 veintidós
23 veintitrés
24 veinticuatro
25 veinticinco
26 veintiséis
27 veintisiete
28 veintiocho
29 veintinueve
30 treinta
The Spanish numbers 16 to 29 are usually written as one word. Formerly they were written as 3 words, for example diez y siete, diez y ocho, diez y nueve, veinte y dos etc. The pronunciation is the same, however, the modern approach of using one word is preferred. Compound Spanish numbers from 31 to 99 are all written as 3 words.
31 treinta y uno
32 treinta y dos
33 treinta y tres
34 treinta y cuatro
35 treinta y cinco
36 treinta y seis
37 treinta y siete
38 treinta y ocho
39 treinta y nueve
40 cuareta
50 cincuenta
60 sesenta
70 setenta
80 ochenta
90 noventa
100 ciento (cien)
200 doscientos
300 trescientos
400 cuatrocientos
500 quinientos
600 seiscientos
800 ochocientos
900 novecientos
When being used alone (i.e.being 100 exactly) ciento is shortened to cien where it precedes a noun of either gender; the longer form is used within longer numbers (except when preceding mil).
149 ciento cuarenta y nueve
287 doscientos ochenta y siete
555 quinientos cincuenta y cinco
634 seiscientos treinta y cuatro
978 novecientos setenta y ocho
You should note here that in Spanish numbers over 100, the ‘y’ (’and’) is used only between the tens and unit digits. For example 145 is ciento cuarenta y cinco, not ciento y cuarenta y cinco.
1000 mil
2000 dos mil
5000 cinco mil
8000 ocho mil
1012 mil doce
1396 mil trescientos noventa y seis
1811 mil ochocientos once
In Spanish numbers the word mil is never pluralised, for example, 2000 is dos mil, not dos miles. Additionally, the word mil is never preceded by ‘un’, whereas ‘un’ does precede millón and billón as shown below.
1,000,000 un millón
2,000,000 dos millones
1,000,000,000 un billón
2,000,000,000 dos billón
So now that you have taken half an hour to learn the Spanish numbers you can count to 2 billion!
