How To Count To 100 In Spanish

Learning to count in another language may not necessarily sound like a fun time. It combines the frustrations of learning a language with math (unless you like math, in which case this will be great!). Numbers are one of the most important things you can know in a language, whether you’re asking for a table for four or for two café con leches.

Fortunately, numbers in Spanish aren’t that hard. Some would even say it’s as easy as uno, dos, tres. You’re groaning, and we can tell. Here’s everything you need to know, and once you’ve mastered all that, there’s lots more basic Spanish vocabulary to master.

Spanish Numbers From Zero To Twenty

You’ll need to memorize the words for each individual Spanish number ranging from 0 to 20, and that’s for a couple of reasons: one, because counting higher than 20 will require you to use the words for single digits below 10, and because the words for numbers ranging from 11 to 19 don’t follow a totally predictable pattern (kind of like “eleven” and “twelve” in the English language).

zero — cero
one — uno
two — dos
three — tres
four — cuatro
five — cinco
six — seis
seven — siete
eight — ocho
nine — nueve
ten — diez
eleven — once
twelve — doce
thirteen — trece
fourteen — catorce
fifteen — quince
sixteen — dieciséis
seventeen — diecisiete
eighteen — dieciocho
nineteen — diecinueve
twenty — veinte

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The Rest Of The Tens in Spanish

You’ll also need to remember the words for “thirty,” “forty,” “fifty,” and so on.

thirty — treinta
forty — cuarenta
fifty — cincuenta
sixty — sesenta
seventy — setenta
eighty — ochenta
ninety — noventa
one hundred — cien

Numbers In Spanish: Putting It All Together

Once you get to 20, the rest is pretty boilerplate and intuitive. When counting in Spanish from 21 to 29, the veinte becomes veinti, and the word for the individual digit gets tacked on to form a single compound word. So “twenty-one” becomes veintiuno, “twenty-six” becomes veintiséis (now with an accent over the “e”), and so on. Veintidós and veintitrés also get accents. By the way, the “v” is pronounced like a soft “b” here. Listen to the audio clips to get a feel for the pronunciation.

After 30, Spanish numbers become even more straightforward. The formula for “fifty-two” is basically “fifty and two.” Thus, “thirty-four” is treinta y cuatro; “eighty-nine” is ochenta y nueve. Hopefully you won’t ever need to use these when you’re making a reservation for a birthday dinner (Jesus be a place that takes separate checks), but whether you will or you won’t, Babbel’s got you covered.