Spanish Numbers: Complete List and Examples

Spanish numbers appear in basic conversations all the time: saying your age, asking for a price, giving a phone number, or reading an address. Start with the most common numbers, then learn how they combine into longer numbers.

Zero to ten

These are the numbers you will use first in everyday situations.

• Cero – Zero
• Uno – One
• Dos – Two
• Tres – Three
• Cuatro – Four
• Cinco – Five
• Seis – Six
• Siete – Seven
• Ocho – Eight
• Nueve – Nine
• Diez – Ten

Examples:

• Necesito un café, por favor. (I need one coffee, please.)
• Tenemos ocho minutos antes de clase. (We have eight minutes before class.)

Eleven to twenty

From eleven to twenty, several forms change a lot, so it is best to learn them as a group.

• Once – Eleven
• Doce – Twelve
• Trece – Thirteen
• Catorce – Fourteen
• Quince – Fifteen
• Dieciséis – Sixteen
• Diecisiete – Seventeen
• Dieciocho – Eighteen
• Diecinueve – Nineteen
• Veinte – Twenty

Examples:

• Mi hermana tiene doce años. (My sister is twelve years old.)
• Hay dieciocho personas en el grupo. (There are eighteen people in the group.)

Tens and large numbers

These words help you talk about prices, years, pages, addresses, and quantities. For bigger numbers, combine mil, millón, and mil millones with other numbers.

• Treinta – Thirty
• Cuarenta – Forty
• Cincuenta – Fifty
• Sesenta – Sixty
• Setenta – Seventy
• Ochenta – Eighty
• Noventa – Ninety
• Cien – Hundred
• Doscientos – Two hundred
• Quinientos – Five hundred
• Mil – Thousand
• Dos mil – Two thousand
• Cinco mil – Five thousand
• Diez mil – Ten thousand
• Cien mil – One hundred thousand
• Un millón – One million
• Mil millones – One billion

Examples:

• La chaqueta cuesta cincuenta dólares. (The jacket costs fifty dollars.)
• El límite de velocidad es de setenta millas por hora. (The speed limit is seventy miles per hour.)
• La ciudad tiene diez mil personas. (The city has ten thousand people.)

How to build longer numbers

To build longer numbers in Spanish, think in blocks. Say the hundred or thousand first, then add the tens and ones.

From 21 to 99, Spanish often joins the parts for 21–29, then uses y from 31 upward.

• Veintiuno – Twenty-one
• Treinta y cinco – Thirty-five
• Cuarenta y ocho – Forty-eight
• Setenta y dos – Seventy-two
• Noventa y nueve – Ninety-nine

With cien / ciento, use cien for exactly 100 and ciento when another number follows.

• Cien – One hundred
• Ciento dos – One hundred two
• Doscientos quince – Two hundred fifteen
• Trescientos cincuenta – Three hundred fifty

With mil, say the thousands first and then the rest of the number.

• Mil – One thousand
• Mil trescientos – One thousand three hundred
• Dos mil cuarenta y ocho – Two thousand forty-eight
• Cinco mil seiscientos noventa y nueve – Five thousand six hundred ninety-nine

Note: Use cien only for exactly 100. Use ciento when more numbers come after it: ciento dos, ciento veinte.

Examples:

• Mi casillero es el número veintiuno. (My locker number is twenty-one.)
• La receta necesita treinta y cinco gramos de azúcar. (The recipe needs thirty-five grams of sugar.)
• El paquete pesa ciento dos libras. (The package weighs one hundred two pounds.)
• El número del billete es dos mil cuarenta y ocho. (The ticket number is two thousand forty-eight.)

Numbers in real situations

You do not always say numbers alone. They often go with a word that tells you what you are counting: an age, a price, an amount, a room, or a bus.

• Número de teléfono – Phone number
• Edad – Age
• Precio – Price
• Número de habitación – Room number
• Número de autobús – Bus number
• Número de página – Page number
• Año – Year
• Hora – Time

Examples:

• Tengo veinte años. (I am twenty years old.)
• Cuesta cinco dólares. (It costs five dollars.)
• Necesito dos manzanas. (I need two apples.)
• La habitación ocho está a la izquierda. (Room eight is on the left.)

Common mistakes

Using cien when ciento is needed

Use cien for exactly 100. Use ciento before another number.

• Cien – One hundred
• Ciento dos – One hundred two

Forgetting y after thirty and above

From 31 upward, Spanish uses y between the ten and the one.

• Treinta y cinco – Thirty-five
• Cuarenta y ocho – Forty-eight

When you learn a new number, use it with something concrete: an age, a time, a price, or a page. That way, you learn both the word and the real context where it appears.