Spanish numbers: from 0 to a million

0 to 29

Learn 0 to 15 by heart. From 16 to 19, the numbers join and the unit into one word: is “ten and six”. From 21 to 29 they do the same with : is “twenty and three”.

Watch the written accents on , , and .

becomes before a masculine noun and before a feminine one. The same happens in bigger numbers that end in one: , , , .

Number	Spanish
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29

Tengo veintiún años.I'm twenty-one.
Son quince euros.That's fifteen euros.

The tens, and the numbers in between

From 31 to 99, say the ten, then (and), then the unit, as three separate words: , , . Only 16 to 29 are written as one word.

Watch the spelling of (50), (60), (70) and (90): they don't look exactly like , , and .

One hundred on its own is . The only ever goes between the tens and the units, never after the hundreds: (101), (132).

Number	Spanish
30
31
32
40
45
50
56
60
67
70
78
80
89
90
99
100

Cuesta cuarenta y cinco euros.It costs forty-five euros.
Mi abuela tiene noventa y un años.My grandmother is ninety-one.

Hundreds, thousands, a million and years

From 101 to 199, becomes : (120). The hundreds from 200 to 900 are one word and agree with feminine nouns: , but . (500), (700) and (900) are irregular.

(1,000) never takes and doesn't change: , . is a noun: its plural is , and it takes before another noun: , .

Spain writes a dot between thousands and a comma for decimals: 1.500 is one thousand five hundred, and 1,5 is one and a half. Years are said as one whole number, never split in two as in English: 1992 is , 2026 is .

Number	Spanish
100
101
120
200	/
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1.000
1.001
2.000
10.000
100.000
500.000
1.000.000
2.000.000
1492 (year)
1992 (year)
2000 (year)
2026 (year)

El alquiler es de ochocientos cincuenta euros al mes.The rent is eight hundred and fifty euros a month.
Nací en mil novecientos ochenta y siete.I was born in 1987.
Madrid tiene más de tres millones de habitantes.Madrid has more than three million inhabitants.

Ordinal numbers: first, second, third

Ordinal numbers say the order of things. Like adjectives, they agree with the noun: (the second floor), (the second street).

and drop the -o before a masculine singular noun: , . In writing they are shortened with a small letter: 1.º, 1.ª, 3.er.

After (tenth), Spanish normally just uses the ordinary numbers: (the twelfth floor), (the 21st century). Kings and popes use ordinals up to ten: (Felipe VI), but (Alfonso XIII).

Order	Masculine	Feminine
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th

Vivo en el tercer piso.I live on the third floor.
Tome la primera calle a la derecha.Take the first street on the right.

In practice: prices, phone numbers, times and dates

Prices: say the euros, then and the cents: 3,50 € is . In shops you'll often hear just .

Phone numbers: Spanish numbers have nine digits. People usually read them in small groups, as bigger numbers: 612 34 56 78 is . Reading each digit on its own is fine too.

Time: for one o'clock, … for all other hours. Add minutes with and take them away with . Timetables and announcements use the 24-hour clock. Dates use ordinary numbers: . For the first of the month, Spain usually says ; Latin America prefers .

Written	Said
3,50 €
12,99 €
1.250 €
612 34 56 78
1:00
8:30
9:45
20:15 (timetable)
14/10
1/5
40 %

¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono?What's your phone number?
Son las diez menos cuarto.It's a quarter to ten.
Hoy es veinticinco de septiembre.Today is the twenty-fifth of September.