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Spanish Numbers

Spanish Numbers

Learning Spanish numbers is a very important element for all Spanish learners. Having a good understanding of the pronunciation of the numbers is an essential part of learning any language. It is vital for talking about many useful everyday topics, such as prices, addresses, quantities, times, dates and much more. Learning the numbers should be one of the first steps in your Spanish language education.

One important difference between the Spanish and English numbering systems is the use of punctuation in numbers over 1000 and decimals. The way that commas and periods (full stops) are used is reversed. For example, in English we would write 3,678.56 whereas in Spanish this same number is written as 3.678,56.

Spanish Numbers: 0 to 10

The numbers from zero to ten form the basis of the entire Spanish numbering system. Here are the names and pronunciations of these values:

Number	Name	Pronunciation
0	Cero	seh –roh
1	Uno /Un / Una	oo-noh
2	Dos	Dos
3	Tres	trehs
4	Cuatro	kwat-roh
5	Cinco	seen-koh
6	Seis	seh-ees
7	Siete	see-eh-the
8	Ocho	oh-cho
9	Nueve	noo-eh-beh
10	Diez	dee-es

An important point to be aware of here is that the form number one (uno) changes depending on the gender of the noun that it is referring to. If the noun is masculine, then it becomes “un”. If the noun is feminine, then it becomes “una”. For example:

Un hombre – One man

Una chica – One girl

Spanish Numbers: 11 to 20

Number	Name	Pronunciation
11	Once	on-seh
12	Doce	do-seh
13	Trece	tre-she
14	Catorce	car-tor-seh
15	Quince	keen-seh
16	Dieciséis	dee-es-ee-seh-ees
17	Diecisiete	dee-es-ee-see-eh-the
18	Dieciocho	dee-es-ee-oh-cho
19	Diecinueve	dee-es-ee-noo-eh-beh
20	Veinte	vain-teh

You may have noticed that the four numbers from 16 to 19 are simply the same as the single digit numbers (6 to 9) but with “dieci” before them. Remembering this makes this set of numbers much easier to learn.

Pay particular attention to the pronunciation of the numbers from 11 to 15 as they are quite different to how they would sound in English. The “ce” at the end of each of these words is pronounced as a separate syllable which sounds like “say”.

Spanish Numbers: 21 to 100

Number	Name	Pronunciation
21	Veintiuno	vain-tee-oo-noh
22	Veintidos	vain-tee-dos
23	Veintitres	vain-tee-trehs
24	Veinticuatro	vain-tee-kwat-roh
25	Veinticinco	vain-tee-seen-koh
26	Veintiseis	vain-tee-seh-ees
27	Veintisiete	vain-tee-see-eh-teh
28	Veintiocho	vain-tee-oh-cho
29	Veintinueve	vain-tee-noo-eh-beh

As you can see, the style of the numbering system from 21 to 29 is similar to English and very simple to learn. All that you need to do is combine the number for 20 (veinte) with the number for the single numeral.

This pattern continues for all other numbers up to 100 using the following:

Number	Name	Pronunciation
30	Trienta	train-tah
40	Cuarenta	kwa-ren-tah
50	Cincuenta	seen-kwen-tah
60	Sesenta	seh-sen-tah
70	Setenta	seh-ten-tah
80	Ochenta	oh-chen-tah
90	Noventa	no-behn-tah
100	Cien	see-ehn

Larger Spanish Numbers

Beyond 100, the numbers progress in the following pattern:

Number	Name	Pronunciation
200	Doscientos	dohs-see-ehn-tohs
300	Trescientos	tres-see-ehn-tohs
1,000	Mil	Meel
2,000	Dos mil	dohs meel
1,000,000	Un millón	Oon mee-yon