In this lesson, we’re going to cover the Spanish cardinals, the numbers used for counting, from 100 through 1000. This lesson builds on the previous two lessons on Spanish numbers, so we recommend reading those lessons first if you have not already done so.

 

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Spanish Cardinal Numbers: 100 – 199
Spanish Cardinal	English Cardinal	Arabic Numeral
ciento	one hundred	100
ciento uno, a	one hundred one	101
ciento dos	one hundred two	102
ciento tres	one hundred three	103
ciento diez	one hundred ten	110
ciento once	one hundred eleven	111
ciento doce	one hundred twelve	112
ciento trece	one hundred thirteen	113
ciento veinte	one hundred twenty	120
ciento treinta	one hundred thirty	130
ciento cuarenta	one hundred forty	140
ciento cincuenta	one hundred fifty	150
ciento sesenta	one hundred sixty	160
ciento setenta	one hundred seventy	170
ciento ochenta	one hundred eighty	180
ciento noventa	one hundred ninety	190
ciento noventa y nueve	one hundred ninety-nine	199

 

 

Spanish Cardinal Numbers: 200 through 1000
Spanish Cardinal	English Cardinal	Arabic Numeral
doscientos, as	two hundred	200
trescientos, as	three hundred	300
cuatrocientos, as	four hundred	400
quinientos, as	five hundred	500
seiscientos, as	six hundred	600
setecientos, as	seven hundred	700
ochocientos, as	eight hundred	800
novecientos, as	nine hundred	900
mil	one thousand	1000

 

 

Notes:

 

For cardinal numbers between 31 and 99, including those inside larger numbers, you must use y (and) to join tens and ones. For instance, 131 is ciento treinta y uno.

 

Do not use y to separate hundreds from tens.

 

For quantities of exactly 100, use the shortened form cien when the number precedes a noun.

 

The cardinals for 200 through 900 hundred take either masculine or feminine forms depending on whether they are paired with masculine or feminine nouns.

 

When writing Arabic numerals, Spanish uses commas and periods in the opposite roles of those found in English. A period denotes thousands while a comma functions as a decimal point. For example, you would write 1,784.65 in English but 1.784,65 in Spanish.