Numbers in Spanish: The Only Guide You’ll Ever Need

Want to learn how to say numbers in Spanish? You’re in luck – not only are they really easy, but this guide explains how to say numbers all the way into the millions, with tons of examples to help you out.

But first, we need to start with uno, dos, tres…

Numbers in Spanish 1–100

Here are the Spanish numbers from zero to a hundred.

NOTE: unlike in English, numbers like 76 aren’t just seventy-six. There’s an “and” in there. So it would be “setenta y seis”.

Spanish Numbers: The Hundreds

A hundred in Spanish is “cien”. But this is just for 100. If it’s 101, it’s now “ciento y uno”, changing the cien to ciento.

The rest follow a simple rule:
Base number (2–9) + cientos

Some of them have little variations. Here they are:

Pretty simple. Next, we have thousands…

Spanish Numbers: The Thousands

“Mil” is not a million, as you may think. This ain’t gangsta rap.

Nope, “mil” is the Spanish word for “thousand”.

There aren’t any exceptions or variations for these, making it really easy.

We just use this rule:
Base number + Mil

Let’s see some more complex combinations:

Spanish Numbers: The Millions

This is just like mil, but there’s a plural form for everything more than just one million.

One million is “millón”, and more than one uses “millones”.

TIP: In many countries, this is written as “1’000.000″ instead of “1,000,000”. The ‘ is used instead of a comma for the millions, and the period is used instead of a comma for the rest.
 

Spanish Numbers Quiz

Listen to the audio files below and then write down what number was said. Then, check your answers in the key.

1. Treinta y cinco: __ __
2. Ochenta y dos: __ __
3. Ciento setenta y siete: __ __ __
4. Doscientos uno: __ __ __
5. Mil quinietos cuarenta y cinco: __ . __ __ __
6. Siete mil ochocientos: __ . __ __ __
7. Ciento veinte mil doscientos treinta: __ __ __ . __ __ __
8. Ochocientos setenta y cinco mil cien: __ __ __ . __ __ __
9. Tres millones novecientos treinta mil: __ ‘__ __ __ . __ __ __
10. Ochenta millones ciento sesenta y tres mil quinietos diesiciete: __ __ ‘ __ __ __ . __ __ __

 
Key:

1. 35
2. 82
3. 177
4. 201
5. 1545
6. 7800
7. 170,230
8. 875,100
9. 3,930,000
10. 80,173,517

 
That’s it! It will take some practice to get these down pat, so we definitely recommend training these with a flashcard app until they come to you second nature.

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