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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.)
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).]
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.



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