Numbers · Números
22 Spanish words — each with a picture, audio and an example sentence. Zero to a million. Learn 1–15 by heart and the rest follow patterns.
| Picture | English | Spanish · Español | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | zero | cero | 🔗 Word familyCognate of 'zero' but spelled with c; before e the c sounds like s ('th' in Spain). |
 | one | uno | Before a masculine noun it shortens to un (un libro); feminine: una. |
 | two | dos | los dos = 'both'. |
 | three | tres | |
 | four | cuatro | Don't confuse with cuarto — 'room' or 'quarter'. |
 | five | cinco | Pronounced 'SEEN-koh'; in Spain the first c is like 'th'. |
 | six | seis | |
 | seven | siete | The ie shrinks to e in derivatives: setenta (seventy). |
 | eight | ocho | 🔗 Word familyRelated to 'octo-' (October, octopus); eighty is ochenta. |
 | nine | nueve | The ue becomes o in derivatives: noventa (ninety). |
 | ten | diez | 16–19 are written as one word: dieciséis, diecisiete… |
 | eleven | once | False friend of English 'once'; 11–15 have their own forms: once, doce, trece, catorce, quince. |
 | twelve | doce | Pronounced 'DOH-seh' — not like English 'dose'. |
 | fifteen | quince | False friend of the fruit 'quince'; hence quinceañera, the Latin American 15th-birthday party. |
 | twenty | veinte | Watch the vowel order: veinte, not 'viente'. |
 | twenty-one | veintiuno | 21–29 are written as one word: veintiuno, veintidós… |
 | thirty | treinta | From 31 on it's two words with y: treinta y uno. |
 | forty | cuarenta | 🔗 Word familyFrom cuatro, but the form is cuarenta (not 'cuatrenta'). |
 | fifty | cincuenta | 🔗 Word familyFrom cinco; note the -cu- spelling: cincuenta. |
 | hundred | cien | cien is exactly 100; from 101 say ciento (ciento uno). |
 | thousand | mil | Just mil for 1,000 — never 'un mil'. |
 | million | el millón | A noun: it takes de before what's counted — un millón de personas. |