Spanish Ordinal Numbers
1st | Primero[1] | 40th | Cuadragésimo |
2nd | Segundo | 50th | Quincuagésimo |
3rd | Tercero | 60th | Sexagésimo |
4th | Cuarto | 70th | Septuagésimo |
5th | Quinto | 80th | Octogésimo |
6th | Sexto | 90th | Nonagésimo |
7th | Séptimo (Sétimo) | 100th | Centésimo |
8th | Octavo | 200th | Ducentésimo |
9th | Noveno (Nono) | 300th | Tricentésimo |
10th | Décimo | 400th | Cuadrigentésimo |
11th | Onceavo | 500th | Quingentésimo |
12th | Décimo segundo, duodécimo, Doceavo | 600th | Sexcentésimo |
13th | Décimo tercero, décimo tercio, Treceavo | 700th | Septingentésimo |
14th | Décimo cuarto, catorceavo | 800th | Octingentésimo |
15th | Décimo quinto, quinceavo | 900th | Novingentésimo |
16th | Décimo sexto, dieciseisavo, etc. | 1000th | Milésimo |
20th | Vigésimo | 1000000th | Millonésimo |
30th | Trigésimo | Last | Postrero, ultimo |
noun they accompany or for which they stand. Final "o" changes into "a"
for the feminine, and the plural is formed by adding "s."
noun singular,[2] as:
- El primer pedido: The first order.
- El tercer lote: The third lot.
- El postrer envío: The last shipment.
But:
- La primera entrega (fem.): The first delivery.
alguno, ninguno, bueno, malo, primero, tercero, postrero (these last
two not always).
numbers, as:
- La página veintidós: Page 22nd.
Dates are expressed by cardinal numbers instead of ordinal, as:
- Madrid, 20 (de) Agosto (de) 1911: Madrid, 20th of August, 1911.
EXCEPTION: El primero, as:
- El 1° (primero) de Septiembre (1st September).
Numbers following names of kings, etc., are ordinal up to the tenth;
then generally cardinal, as:
- Felipe II. (segundo): Philip II.
- Alfonso XIII. (trece): Alphonso XIII.
Fractional numbers up to 1/10th are the same as ordinal numbers,
except:
- (Un) medio: one half.
- Un tercio (not tercero): one-third.
From 1/11th upwards, fractions are formed from cardinal numbers adding
to them the termination avo, as:
- Un dieciseisavo[3]: 1/16.
"Un" need not be used before the fractions 1/2, 1/3 and 1/4, preceded by
an integer, as:
- Uno y cuarto: One and a quarter.
- Cuatro y tercio: Four and a third.
- La mitad: The half.
- La tercera parte: The 3rd part.
- La cuarta parte: The 4th part.
- La duodécima parte: The 12th part.
veinte--un veintavo (1/20th). If it ends in "ce" the "c" is changed into
"z" as, doce--un dozavo (1/12th).]
Una decena (half a score).[4] Una centena: A set of 100.[4]
Una docena (a dozen).[4] Un centenar: A set of 100.[4]
Una veintena: A score.[4] Un ciento: A set of 100.[4]
Un millar: A set of 1,000.[4]
libros: (about 30 books).]
Popular Phrase: conjugacion divertir | Spanish for Construction | Conjugated Verb: forjar - to forge, to create, to shape [ click for full conjugation ]