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In this system, a “billion” is one million millions, and a “trillion” is one million billions. But many countries around the world – including most Spanish-speaking countries – use the “long scale” system.

Not everyone does it like this! Our way is called the “short scale” numbering system. In other words, every “step up” involves multiplying by 1,000. In the English-speaking world, a “billion” is one thousand millions (1,000,000,000) and a “trillion” is one thousand billions (1,000,000,000,000). What do you think the Spanish words billón and trillón mean? Did you guess “billion” and “trillion”? Sadly, things aren't that simple. Billions and Trillions in Spanish (They’re Not What You Think) For example, “one million books” is un millón de libros.

6,492,000 – seis millones cuatrocientos noventa y dos milįinally, note that when you're using un millón or millones with a noun, you must use de.

483,382 – cuatrocientos ochenta y tres mil trescientos ochenta y dos.

You need to put an un in this number to distinguish it from cuarenta mil (40,000).įorming new numbers with mil and un millón is pretty straightforward as well: The only time you'll see un mil is in numbers like cuarenta y un mil (41,000). For un millón, you can't leave out the un. The only two new words you need to learn are mil (1,000) and un millón (1,000,000).

ochocient os libros = “eight hundred books”.

setecient as personas – “seven hundred people”.

These numbers have masculine and feminine forms, and so they must agree with the noun: (Note that you don't need to add y after ciento – it's ciento uno, not ciento y uno.)įor numbers from 200 to 999, you must first learn the multiples of 100. It includes fun, easy to follow lessons on Spanish numbers. Want to learn Spanish fast? Then check out our favourite Spanish course, SpanishPod101.

100 – cien (note the link with English words like “ century” or “per cent“.).

zero – cero (this one should be easy to remember!).

The only extra thing to be aware of is that numbers from 21-29 get contracted into a single word – so instead of “veinte y cuatro”, it's “veinticuatro”.

For numbers above twenty, simply take the “tens” number (veinte, treinta, etc.) and the “ones” number (uno, dos, etc.) and stick y (“and”) in the middle.

This is much like how in English 16 is “six-ten” i.e. 17 = “diez + y + siete” = “diez y siete”, which contracts to diecisiete.

For numbers from 16-19, take the rightmost digit and say “diez + y + (digit)”.

Then, you can fill in the gaps with a simple formula:

Other than veinte (again), they all have a clear relationship with the related smaller number: cuatro cuarenta, ocho ochenta, etc.

Other than veinte, they all end in -enta.Learn the numbers for the multiples of ten: veinte, treinta, cuarenta, cincuenta, sesenta, setenta, ochenta, noventa.There's no real pattern, you just have to learn them: uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, seis, siete, ocho, nueve, diez, once, doce, trece, catorce, quince. I recommend you follow these steps to get all the numbers into your head: Take a look and try to spot the patterns. 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 21 veintiuno 22 veintidós 23 veintitrés 24 veinticuatro 25 veinticinco 26 veintiséis 27 veintisiete 28 veintiocho 29 veintinueve 30 treinta 31 treinta y uno 32 treinta y dos 33 treinta y tres 34 treinta y cuatro 35 treinta y cinco 36 treinta y seis 37 treinta y siete 38 treinta y ocho 39 treinta y nueve 40 cuarenta 41 cuarenta y uno 42 cuarenta y dos 43 cuarenta y tres 44 cuarenta y cuatro 45 cuarenta y cinco 46 cuarenta y seis 47 cuarenta y siete 48 cuarenta y ocho 49 cuarenta y nueve 50 cincuenta 51 cincuenta y uno 52 cincuenta y dos 53 cincuenta y tres 54 cincuenta y cuatro 55 cincuenta y cinco 56 cincuenta y seis 57 cincuenta y siete 58 cincuenta y ocho 59 cincuenta y nueve 60 sesenta 61 sesenta y uno 62 sesenta y dos 63 sesenta y tres 64 sesenta y cuatro 65 sesenta y cinco 66 sesenta y seis 67 sesenta y siete 68 sesenta y ocho 69 sesenta y nueve 70 setenta 71 setenta y uno 72 setenta y dos 73 setenta y tres 74 setenta y cuatro 75 setenta y cinco 76 setenta y seis 77 setenta y siete 78 setenta y ocho 79 setenta y nueve 80 ochenta 81 ochenta y uno 82 ochenta y dos 83 ochenta y tres 84 ochenta y cuatro 85 ochenta y cinco 86 ochenta y seis 87 ochenta y siete 88 ochenta y ocho 89 ochenta y nueve 90 noventa 91 noventa y uno 92 noventa y dos 93 noventa y tres 94 noventa y cuatro 95 noventa y cinco 96 noventa y seis 97 noventa y siete 98 noventa y ocho 99 noventa y nueve 100 cien