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Wedding Anniversaries in Spanish Posted by on Apr 27, 2009 in Spanish Culture, Spanish Vocabulary

Here you have a list of the traditional materials for wedding anniversary presents. This list has the materials for the first fifteen years of marriage, then for every five years until the 60th anniversary, and next for the 75th.

Pay attention to the ordinal numbers in Spanish!

1º primero – el papel (paper)
2º segundo – el algodón (cotton)
3º tercero – el cuero (leather)
4º cuarto – el lino (linen)
5º quinto – la madera (wood)
5º sexto – el hierro (iron)
7º séptimo – la lana / el cobre (wool / copper)
8º octavo – el bronce (bronze)
9º noveno – la cerámica (pottery)
10º décimo – el estaño (tin)
11º undécimo – el acero (steel)
12º duodécimo – la seda (silk)
13º decimotercero / décimo tercero – el encaje (lace)
14º decimocuarto / décimo cuarto – el marfil (ivory)
15º decimoquinto / décimo quinto – el cristal (glass)
20º vigésimo – la vajilla (crockery)
25º vigésimo quinto – la plata (silver)
30º trigésimo – la perla (pearl)
35º trigésimo quinto – el coral (coral)
40º cuadragésimo – el rubí (ruby)
45º cuadragésimo quinto – el zafiro (sapphire)
50º quincuagésimo – el oro (gold)
55º quincuagésimo quinto – la esmeralda (emerald)
60º sexagésimo – el diamante (diamond)
75º septuagésimo quinto – el platino (platinum)

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English / Spanish teacher and translator for over 20 years. I have been blogging since 2007 and I am also a professional singer in my spare time.