Learn to count in Spanish....from one to ten, from one to one hundred, from one to millions!
Learn to count in Spanish.
One of the first things a beginner must do when learning Spanish is to learn to count.
There are ways to speed this up, and make your recall more efficient.
Learn with Ricky Martin's Song - count from one to ten in Spanish, well ... nearly
You may have heard Latino pop singer Ricky Martin's song in which he starts by counting in Spanish, uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, cinco, seis
If you know this one, you are nearly able to count in Spanish up to ten...
...but just remember the repeating of cinco is for musical effect!
Anyway, here goes. Dive in and learn to count in Spanish for the following:
- learn to count in Spanish one to ten,
- count from one to a hundred in Spanish
- learn to count in Spanish from one to a thousand
- learn to count in Spanish from one to a million in Spanish and beyond!
Count in Spanish from Zero to a hundred, 0 to 100
| 0 .. cero |
| 1 .. uno |
| 2 .. dos |
| 3 .. tres |
| 4 .. cuatro |
| 5 .. cinco |
| 6 .. seis |
| 7 .. siete |
| 8 .. ocho |
| 9 .. nueve |
| 10 .. diez |
| 11 .. once |
| 12 .. doce |
| 13 .. trece |
| 14 .. catorce |
| 15 .. quince |
| 16 .. dieciséis |
| 17 .. diecisiete |
| 18 .. dieciocho |
| 19 .. diecinueve |
|20 ... veinte |
|30 ... treinta |
|40 ... cuarenta |
|50 ... cincuenta |
|60 ... sesenta |
|70 ... setenta |
|80 ... ochenta |
|90 ... noventa |
|100 .. cien (ciento) |
Notes on learning to count in Spanish
- 21, 22, 23, = veintiuno, veintidós, veintitres, etc.
- veinte y uno where the 'y' (and) is replaced by an 'i'.
- 31, 32, 33, etc. = treinta y uno, treinta y dos, treinta y trés, etc.
- where the 'y' remains as a separate word.
- cien is used for exactly 100.
- cien libros = one hundred books
- ciento is used for numbers 101-199.
- ciento cinco, cien mil = 105, 100,000.
- una, cienta
are feminine forms of uno and ciento
- and must be used with feminine nouns.
- setenta y una casas = 71 houses.
So now let's learn to count in Spanish up to a million or more...
Now you know how to count to a hundred in Spanish, you just follow the same patterns and you'll soon get to be able to count in Spanish to a million and beyond.
Be sure to read about the few little traps in Spanish counting here and there...
|101 ... ciento uno|
|102 ... ciento dos|
|150 ... ciento cincuenta
|200 ... doscientos
|201 ... doscientos uno |
|300 ... trescientos |
|301 ... trescientos uno |
|400 ... cuatrocientos |
|401 ... cuatrocientos uno |
|500 ... quinientos |
|600 ... seiscientos |
|601 ... seiscientos uno |
|700 ... sietecientos |
|740 ... sietecientos cuarenta |
|800 ... ochocientos |
|900 ... novecientos |
|1,000 ... mil |
|1,000,000 ... un millón |
|2,000,000 ... dos millones |
|3,000,000 ... tres millones |
...did you notice something about the number 500 in Spanish?
500 ... quinientos
Yes, be careful of that one. It sounds a bit like:
KEEN HE ENTERS...
so an easy way to remember this is with a little cartoon...
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& a few more numbers in Spanish...
|1999 ... mil novecientos noventa y nueve|
|2004 ... dos mil cuatro|
|2222 ... dos mil doscientos veintidós |
and here's how to count first, second, third etc in Spanish
|first ... primero (primera = feminine)|
|2nd ... segundo (segunda = feminine)|
|3rd ... tercero (tercera = feminine)|
|last ... último (última = feminine)|
...but be careful of these little Spanish counting traps...
While the Spanish says primero, segundo, tercero be aware when learning to count in Spanish that they say: el primer piso and el tercer piso.
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