Numbers, Days, Months and Seasons in Spanish

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Cardinal Numbers

• 0: cero
• 1: uno
• 2: dos
• 3: tres
• 4: cuatro
• 5: cinco
• 6: seis
• 7: siete
• 8: ocho
• 9: nueve
• 10: diez
• 11: once
• 12: doce
• 13: trece
• 14: catorce
• 15: quince
• 16: dieciséis
• 17: diecisiete
• 18: dieciocho
• 19: diecinueve
• 20: veinte
• 21: veintiuno
• 22: veintidós
• 23: veintitrés
• 24: veinticuatro
• 25: veinticinco
• 26: veintiséis
• 27: veintisiete
• 28: veintiocho
• 29: veintinueve
• 30: treinta

Starting from 31, a “y” is included between the two numbers. “y” means “and” in Spanish.

• 31: treinta y uno
• 32: treinta y dos
• 33: treinta y tres

...and so on. Same logic applies all the way long. The numbers from 40-90 are expressed as follows:

• 40: cuarenta
• 50: cincuenta
• 60: sesenta
• 70: setenta
• 80: ochenta
• 90: noventa

Numbers from 100-900

• 100: cien
• 200: doscientos/-as
• 300: trescientos/-as
• 400: cuatroceintos/-as
• 500: quinientos/-as
• 600: seiscientos/-as
• 700: setecientos/-as
• 800: ochocientos/-as
• 900: novecientos/-as

Numbers from 1000-1 000 000 000

• 1000: mil
• 2000: dos mil
• 3000: tres mil and so on. For example, 10 000 is said like “diez mil”, 20 000 as “veinte mil” and 100 000 as cien mil 200 000 as doscientos/-as mil until 1000 000.
• 1 000 000: un millón
• 2 000 000: dos millones

Other numbers are expressed in the same way, until:

• 1 000 000 000: mil millones

Ordinal numbers (1^st -20^th)

• 1^st primero/-a
• 2^nd  segundo/-a
• 3^rd  tercero/-a
• 4^th   cuarto/-a
• 5^th  quinto/-a
• 6^th  sexto/-a
• 7^th  séptimo/-a seventh
• 8^th  octavo/-a
• 9^th  noveno/-a
• 10^th  décimo/-a
• 11^th : undécimo/-a
• 12^th : duodécimo/-a
• 13^th : decimotercero/-a
• 14^th : decimocuarto/-a
• 15^th : decimoquinto/-a
• 16^th : decimosexto/-a
• 17^th : decimoséptimo/-a
• 18^th : decimoctavo/-a
• 19^th : decimonoveno/-a
• 20^th : vigésimo/-a

Days

• (el) lunes Monday
• (el) martes Tuesday
• (el) miércoles Wednesday
• (el) jueves Thursday
• (el) viernes Friday
• (el) sábado Saturday
• (el) domingo Sunday

Months

• (el) enero January
• (el) febrero February
• (el) marzo March
• (el) abril April
• (el) mayo May
• (el) junio June
• (el) julio July
• (el) agosto August
• (el) septiembre September
• (el) octubre October
• (el) noviembre November
• (el) diciembre December

You can use the preposition “en” with months. Such as “en diciembre” means “in December”. Or you can say in the month of October as:

• en el mes de octubre 

Note that all the names of the months are masculine.

Expressing dates in Spanish

Dates are expressed by using the preposition “de”, the name of the month and the definite article “el”. For instance;

• May 15 is said like “el quince de mayo”

One may use the ordinal numbers only to express the first day of a month. For example;

• “el primero de diciembre “ means the first of December.

It is important to note that while expressing that something occurred on a day, you don’t need to use any preposition in Spanish. You just tell the date directly. For example;

• Fue publicado el 12 de enero. It was published on January 12.

What is the date today?

You can ask about the current date as

• ¿Qué día es hoy? (what is the date today?)

The answer has the following structure

• Hoy es martes, el cinco de mayo. (Today is Tuesday, the 5^th of May)

The same question can be asked as the following as well

• ¿A cuántos estamos hoy? (what is the date today?)

Or simply

• ¿A cuántos estamos?

The answer has the following structure

• Estamos al sábado, el cuatro de agosto. (Saturday, August the 4^th)

There is a third way to ask the date and it is

• ¿Cuál es la fecha de hoy? (what is the date today?)

The answer should have the following structure

• Hoy es martes, el veinticuatro de mayo. (Tuesday, May 24)

Seasons

• (el) invierno (Winter)
• (el) verano (Summer)
• (el) otoño (Autumn)
• (la) primavera (Spring)

You can use the preposition “en” with the seasons, like

• en verano in Summer
• en invierno in Winter

etc.

Note that the names of the seasons are almost always used with definite articles:

• el verano es maravilloso (summer is wonderful)

Keep in mind that the names of the months, days and seasons are not capitalized in Spanish.

Vocabulary

• (la) semana (week)
• ¿Qué tal la semana? (how is the week going?)
• (el) día (day)
• días de la semana (days of the week)
• fin de semana (weekend)
• (el) mes (month)
• año (year)
• (la) estacion (season)
• hoy (today)
• ayer (yesterday)
• mañana (tomorrow)