How To Count In Spanish

In the previous pages I demonstrated how to count in Spanish from zero to thirty. Here we will continue with the rest of the numbers up to 100 and beyond.

NOTE: If you are looking for the numbers 1-15 jump over to my numbers in Spanish page. And numbers 16-29 can be found on my counting in Spanish page.

Here we will continue with the number thirty. Instead of listing every single number I will give you the essentials, because as you can see now, there is a pattern forming. If you know how to count in Spanish from 1-10, you are on the right track. I have also shown you how the numbers are formed by displaying the combination of the number 20 (veinte), the y (and) and the corresponding number.

Now we will do the same for the rest of the numbers starting with 30 up to 99. If you need to reference some of the numbers to make the proper Spanish pronunciation combinations, remember you can refer back to the numbers in Spanish page, and the counting in Spanish page.

Number	Spelling	Pronunciation
30	treinta	tray-eenta
31	treinta y uno	tray-eenta ee oo-noh
40	cuarenta	kwar-entah
42	cuarenta y dos	kwar-entah ee dohs
50	cincuenta	seen-kwen-tah
53	cincuenta y tres	seen-kwen-tah ee trays
60	sesenta	ses-enta
64	sesenta y cuatro	ses-enta ee kwah-troh
70	setenta	seh-ten-tah
75	setenta y cinco	seh-ten-tah ee seen-koh
80	ochenta	oh-chen-tah
86	ochenta y seis	oh-chen-tah ee sayees
90	noventa	noh-bhen-tah
97	noventa y siete	noh-bhen-tah ee see-ay-teh
98	noventa y ocho	noh-bhen-tah ee oh-choh
99	noventa y nueve	noh-bhen-tah ee nway-bay

NOTE: Did you notice that in the numbers 31-99 the y remains and is not changed to an i?

Numbers 100 and above

Now that you know how to count in Spanish up to 99, you will definitely see how the pattern works.

For numbers above 100 all you do is add the "century" number to the front of the corresponding number. For example, 200 is doscientos, 201 is doescientos uno. I have added more below. I did not include the audio or pronunciation in these as you already have all the audio files to help you along, plus you can also refer to my Spanish pronunciation page if you have any doubts about how to pronounce certain words.

Number	Spelling
100	ciento (cien)
101	ciento uno
102	ciento dos
11	ciento once
116	ciento dieciséis
165	ciento sesenta y cuatro
199	ciento noventa y nueve
200	doscientos
204	doscientos cuatro
300	trescientos
400	cuatrocientos
500	quinientos
600	seiscientos
700	setecientos
800	ochocientos
900	novecientos

NOTE: Notice that 100 is simply ciento or cien (ciento is used more often) whereas from 200 - 900 have the 2,3,4 (dos,tres, cuatro...) and so on added to the beginning. They also take the plural form with a s added on to denote more than 100 and so on.

There is also a slight change with 500, 700 and 900. See if you can spot the difference.

Numbers 1000 and above

In Europe and most of the Latin American Spanish speaking countries the punctuation for larger numbers is different than what is typically used in English.

The comma is used instead of a period or full stop.

More on my Spanish punctuation page under "commas in numbers".

Number	Spelling
1.000	mil
1.003	mil y tres
1.067	mil y sesenta y siete
1.999	mil y novecientos y nueve
2.000	dos mil
2.019	dos mil diecinueve
5.000	cinco mil
9.999	nueve mil novecientos noventa y nueve
10.000	diez mil
13.003	trece mil tres
20.000	veinte mil
80.000	ochenta mil
1.000.000	un millón
2.000.000	dos millones
5.550.741	cinco millones quinientos cincuenta mil setecientos cuarenta y uno
90.900.999	noventa millones novencientos mil novecientos noventa y neuve

Any time you need, refer to my Spanish pronunciation page if you get stuck with the pronunciation. You should be able to find all the answers you need.

So now you know how to count in Spanish. Practice makes perfect, just keep doing it, try to use Spanish numbers whenever you can and it will eventually seem natural.