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0 TO 19

0 cero
1 uno / una
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 TO 39

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

TENS

10 diez
20 veinte
30 treinta
40 cuarenta
50 cincuenta
60 sesenta
70 setenta
80 ochenta
90 noventa

The numbers up to 29 are irregular special cases and need to be learnt. The numbers above 30 are of the form tens y units (y means and), e.g. 42 is cuarenta y dos.

Uno drops the -o before masculine nouns, e.g. un libro, and when in compound numerals, e.g. treinta y un niños . Note that veintiuno is not a compound numeral.

100 is a special case.  100 itself is cien, but to form any number 101-199 it becomes ciento. Take the stem ciento and follow it with the relevant number from 1 and 99. So for example 152 is written ciento cinquenta y dos. Note that cineto is not merged with the number following it.

Hundreds agree with the noun that follows them, e.g. doscientas pesetas (two hundred pesetas), excepting numbers 100-200.

One thousand is mil. Two thousand, etc are formed by preceding this with the number of thousands, e.g. tres mil (3,000).

The millions are somewhat different. Millón becomes plural in two million, etc and therefore loses its accent: e.g. cuatro milliones (4,000,000).

Ordinals are irregular in Spanish and need to be learnt. Primero and tercero (1st and 3rd) shorten before masculine nouns to become primer and tercer respectively.

Ordinals agree with their subject. Ordinals above 10 are very rarely used, generally being replaced by cardinals which follow the noun.

LARGER NUMBERS

100 cien
152 ciento cinquenta y dos
1,000 mil
3,139 tres mil ciento treinta y nueve
1,000,000 un millón

ORDINALS

first (1st) primero/a (1O)
second (2nd) segundo/a (2O)
third (3rd) tercero/a (3O)
fourth (4th) cuarto/a (4O)
fifth (5th) quinto/a (5O)
sixth (6th) sexto/a (6O)
seventh (7th) séptimo/a (7O)
eighth (8th) octavo/a (8O)
ninth (9th) noveno/a (9O)
tenth (10th) décimo/a (10O)
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