
For example:Ĥ6,155 - C uarenta y seis mil, ciento cincuenta y cinco
system - Un millardoīeyond one thousand, you use the appropriate number to signify how many thousands you have.
Another word for a billion in the U.S. 1 Thousand million (a billion in the U.S. 1 Billion (a million millions) - Un billón. So, following this pattern, 104 is ciento cuatro. 147 is ciento cuarenta y siete not ciento y cuarenta y siete. There’s also no y used with these larger numbers because the y is only used to separate the 10s from the 1s (42 = cuarenta y dos) but not the 100s from the 10s (142 = ciento cuarenta y dos). Note that c ien is only used to say 100 even- anything above that and we’ll use ciento. For example:įor more practice with Spanish numbers 1 to 100, I recommend watching this comprehensive video from Butterfly Spanish on YouTube: Note that to make specific numbers past 30, you have to use y (and) to connect the 10s with the 1s. This idea of combining numbers will be a common theme throughout this post. Notice that dieciséis (16) is made up of diez (10) and seis (6), which together make 16. This blog post is available as a convenient and portable PDF that you
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In this post, you’ll learn everything you need to know about Spanish numbers, including how to count from one to a billion, grammar rules for numbers, ordinal numbers and more. Knowing how to count in Spanish is a vital skill-almost everything involves numbers in some way, from asking for the time, to giving your age, to watching a Spanish documentary about a historic event. Master Spanish Numbers From 1 to 100 and Beyond!Īddresses, time, dates, cooking, measurements.