Learning the numbers from 1 to 100 in Spanish
Hola, ¿cómo estás? Numbers in Spanish is one of these things that, we need to learn as beginners. My advise is, read this article first, and try to play any kind of game with numbers in Spanish, like bingo :). Practice, practice… Spanish numbers are easy.
The Spanish numbers facts
But before we go to the list of numbers, some interesting facts about numbers in Spanish:
- Spanish uses a base-10 numbering system like English, meaning that each digit from 0 to 9 represents a unique quantity and the position of the digits determines the magnitude of the number.
- The Spanish numbers for 16 to 19 have a unique form, using a combination of the words “diez” (ten) and “seis”, “siete”, “ocho”, and “nueve” respectively. For example, “dieciséis” means “ten and six”, and “diecinueve” means “ten and nine”.
- Numbers in Spanish are written with a comma instead of a period to separate the thousands, and a period instead of a comma to separate decimals. For example, 1,000 is written as “1.000″ in Spanish, while 1.5 is written as “1,5”.
- When counting in Spanish, the word “y” (and) is used between the tens and the units. For example, “treinta y uno” means “thirty-one”.
- The number 15 has a unique name in Spanish, “quince”, which is not derived from the root words for ten and five as it is in English.
- In Spanish-speaking countries, phone numbers are typically said digit by digit rather than in groups of three as they are in English. For example, the number 555-1234 would be pronounced “cinco cinco cinco, uno dos tres cuatro”.
I hope you find these facts interesting and helpful!
And now, what I promised, the list of Spanish numbers from 1 to 100:
Spanish numbers from 1 to 10
0 – cero 1 – uno 2 – dos 3 – tres 4 – cuatro 5 – cinco 6 – seis 7 – siete 8 – ocho 9 – nueve
Spanish numbers from 10 to 20
10 – diez 11 – once 12 – doce 13 – trece 14 – catorce 15 – quince 16 – dieciséis
17 – diecisiete 18 – dieciocho 19 – diecinueve
Spanish numbers from 20 to 30
20 – veinte 21 – veintiuno 22 – veintidós 23 – veintitrés 24 – veinticuatro 25 – veinticinco
26 – veintiséis 27 – veintisiete 28 – veintiocho 29 – veintinueve
Spanish numbers from 30 to 100
30 – treinta 31 – treinta y uno 32– treinta y dos 33 – treinta y tres 34 – treinta y cuatro…
40 – cuarenta 41 – cuarenta y uno 42 – cuarenta y dos…
50 – cincuenta 60 – sesenta 70 – setenta 80 – ochenta 90 – noventa 100 – cien
But if you really, really want to put in practice of these numbers, in a very relaxed environment, with other Spanish students, come to one of the Spanish classes.
