Spanish Numbers Some Notes about Spanish Numbers

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The following table will give you a clear idea of how Spanish numbers are formed ... noun by themselves, they must be followed by the preposition de, like in dos ...
Spanish Numbers The following table will give you a clear idea of how Spanish numbers are formed. First, you should learn the red numbers, then the blue ones (now you can count 1-100) and finally the green ones (almost any number you can think of).

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Un billón = 1,000,000,000,000. Note that in Spanish un billón is not 1,000,000,000, but a million of millones. Un trillón is a million of billones, and so on. Millions of. The cardinals millón, billón, etc. are never adjectives, but nouns, so when they qualify a noun by themselves, they must be followed by the preposition de, like in dos millones de dólares (two million dollars). Thousands and decimals. Traditionally, in Spanish either dots or commas are used to separate the thousands. It depends on the country. But, more recently (and precisely to avoid confusion) a blank space is recommended instead, and a comma is recommended for decimals. So 22,500.99 would be 22 500,99.

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Years in Spanish. To name a year, simply say its number. So, 1975 would not be nineteen seventy five, but “simply” one thousand nine hundred and seventy five (mil novecientos setenta y cinco). Gender in Spanish numbers. Note that some Spanish numbers must follow the gender, when they qualify a noun. For example, 21321301 is the number veintiún millones trescientos veintiún mil trescientos uno, but talking about pounds (feminine) or dollars (masculine), it will be veintiún millones trescientas veintiuna mil trescientas una libras or veintiún millones trescientos veintiún mil trescientos un dólares, respectively. This is optional in the case of the numbers before mil, so it could also be veintiún millones trescientos veintiún mil trescientas una libras. Also note that it is always veintiún millones (masculine) because this veintiún refers to millones, which is always masculine. Numbers as nouns. As nouns, the Spanish numbers are always masculine (el cero, el uno, el cuatro mil…)