Spanish Cardinal Numbers
Cardinal Numbers
| Uno,[1] una 1 | Dos 2 | Tres 3 |
| Cuatro 4 | Cinco 5 | Seis 6 |
| Siete 7 | Ocho 8 | Nueve 9 |
| Dieze 10 |
| Once 11 | Doce 12 | Trece 13 |
| Catorce 14 | Quince 15 | Diez y seis or Dieciséis 16 |
| Diez y siete or Diecisiete 17 | Diez y ocho or Dieciocho 18 | Diez y nueve or Diecinueve 19 |
| Veinte 20 | Veinte y uno or Veintiuno[2] 21 | Veinte y dos or Veintidós, 22, etc. |
| Treinta 30 | Treinta y uno or Treintiuno, 31, etc. | Cuarenta 40 |
| Cincuenta 50 | Sesenta 60 | Setenta 70 |
| Ochenta 80 | Noventa 90 | Ciento[3] 100 |
| Ciento y uno or Cientiuno 101 | Ciento y dos or Cientidós, 102 | etc. etc. |
| Ciento diez 110 | Doscientos,-as 200 | Trescientos,-as 300 |
| Cuatrocientos,-as 400 | Quinientos,-as 500 | Seiscientos,-as 600 |
| Setecientos,-as 700 | Ochocientos,-as 800 | Novecientos,-as 900 |
| Mil 1,000 | Dos mil, etc. 2,000 | Cien[4] mil 100,000 |
| Cien mil y uno 100,001 | Cien mil y diez 100,010 | Un millón 1,000,000 |
Footnote 1: When immediately preceding a noun, "uno" becomes "un"
Footnote 2: "Ciento" becomes "cien." ("Cien" is found instead of
"ciento," even standing alone.)
"ciento," even standing alone.)
Footnote 3: The duplicate forms are common to all the tens.
Footnote 4: "Ciento" drops the "to" also before "mil"; and of course
before "millón" (a noun).]
before "millón" (a noun).]
The conjunction "and" is always used between tens and units, as:
- Veinte y una or veintiuna manzanas (21 apples)
But it is generally omitted between hundreds and tens, as:
- Doscientas treinta peras (230 pears).
"Ciento" and "mil" are not preceded by "uno" except in 101,000, 201,000,
etc., to avoid ambiguity, as:
- Doscientos mil soldados (200,000 soldiers).
- Doscientas y un mil millas (201,000 miles).
"One million inhabitants" is translated by Un millón de habitantes.
(Note: The "de" cannot be omitted.)
In the case of more than one million the word "millón" must be
plural--millones, as:
- Cien millones de hombres (one hundred million men).
As will have been observed, besides "uno," "doscientos," "trescientos,"
etc., change the os into as for the feminine.
Category: General Spanish