Survival Spanish Part 3: Numbers and Shopping

So you're traveling to Latin America or Spain soon and you need to know some basic phrases in Spanish to help get you by! We'll go through a quick primer on survival Spanish to help you on your way! This tutorial will teach you an introduction on numbers and then go over some terminology for shopping.

First, let's start with some basic vocabulary:

Spanish	English	Comments
cero	zero
uno	one
dos	two
tres	three
cuatro	four
cinco	five
seis	six
siete	seven
ocho	eight
nueve	nine
diez	ten
once	eleven
doce	twelve
trece	thirteen
catorce	fourteen
quince	fifteen
dieciséis	sixteen
diecisiete	seventeen
dieciocho	eighteen
diecinueve	nineteen
veinte	twenty
veintiuno	twenty one	For the numbers from 21 to 29, use a combination of veinti- and a number from one to nine (with no space in between).
veintidós	twenty two	For the numbers from 21 to 29, use a combination of veinti- and a number from one to nine (with no space in between).
treinta	thirty
treinta y dos	thirty two
cuarenta	fourty
cincuenta	fifty
sesenta	sixty
setenta	seventy
ochenta	eighty
noventa	ninety
cien	one hunded	Use cien for one hundred exactly
ciento uno	one hunded and one	if it's between 101 and 199, use ciento
ciento treinta y dos	one hundred and thirty two
mil	one thousand
dos mil	two thousand
¿Cuánto	how much, how many
cuesta	slope, costs	feminine noun
centavos	cents	masculine noun, used in combination with dollars
céntimos	cents	masculine noun, used in combination with euros
con	with, point (with decimals)
euros	euro	masculine noun
peso	weight, peso	masculine noun
demasiado	too much
caro	expensive

Great! Once you have mastered the basic vocabulary above, let's start with some Spanish questions and amounts when you go shopping:

English	Spanish	Comments
How much is this?	¿Cuánto cuesta?
eighty five cents	ochenta y cinco centavos
thirty two euros and fourty cents	treinta y dos euros con cuarenta céntimos
twenty one pesos and ninety nine cents	veintiún pesos con noventa y nueve centavos	Uno becomes un when describing masculine nouns and it becomes una when describing feminine nouns. Thus, numbers ending in uno such as veintiuno and treinta y uno, need to change as well.
Too much!	¡Demasiado!
Too expensive	Demasiado caro

Please try part 4 of our Spanish survival guide.

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