Spanish Cardinal Numbers: 100 through 1000
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.