{"id":4181,"date":"2012-01-27T16:27:13","date_gmt":"2012-01-27T21:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=4181"},"modified":"2014-07-15T11:30:36","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T15:30:36","slug":"how-to-read-numbers-in-spanish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/how-to-read-numbers-in-spanish\/","title":{"rendered":"How to read numbers in Spanish"},"content":{"rendered":"

Believe it or not, numbers give Spanish students a real hard time, so today let’s go over how to say telephone numbers, dates, prices, percentages, math operations, temperature, weight and measurements in Spanish.<\/p>\n

Telephone numbers<\/strong> – The most common way of reading them is:<\/p>\n

2-75-49-02 = dos, setenta y cinco, cuarenta y nueve, cero dos<\/em>
\n36-54-11 = treinta y seis, cincuenta y cuatro, once<\/em><\/p>\n

You can also hear:<\/p>\n

275-49-02 = dos siete cinco, cuatro nueve, cero dos<\/em>
\n36-54-11 = tres seis, cinco cuatro, uno uno<\/em><\/p>\n

Dates<\/strong> – We use the definite article el<\/em> (the – masculine) when reading the date.<\/p>\n

Nac\u00ed el 23.09.58. = veintitr\u00e9s de septiembre de mil novecientos cincuenta y ocho<\/em> or veintitr\u00e9s del nueve del cincuenta y ocho.<\/em>
\nHoy es el 1 de enero. = primero de enero<\/em> or uno de enero<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In Spanish we don’t say the years like in English. The year 1975 is\u00a0mil novecientos setenta y cinco<\/em> (one thousand nine hundred and seventy-five). Months are also referred to in the order they appear so September will be month nueve<\/em> (nine).<\/p>\n

Prices<\/strong> – In Spanish we only use the word centavos <\/em>or c\u00e9ntimos<\/em>\u00a0(cents) when the amount expressed is only in cents. Before cents we only use the word con<\/em> (with).<\/p>\n

50,57\u00a0\u20ac = cincuenta euros con cincuenta y seis<\/em>
\nUS$ 399,77 = trescientos noventa y nueve d\u00f3lares con setenta y siete<\/em>
\nLa ficha del tel\u00e9fono cuesta 0,80. = ochenta centavos<\/em><\/p>\n

Math operations<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 + 6 = 7 [uno m\u00e1s seis es igual a siete<\/em>]
\n8 – 5 = 3 [ocho menos cinco es igual a tres<\/em>]
\n2 x 2 = 4 [dos por dos es igual a cuatro<\/em>]
\n9 : 3 = 3 [nueve dividido por tres es igual a tres<\/em>]<\/p>\n

Temperature<\/strong><\/p>\n

20\u00b0C – Estamos a veinte grados.<\/em>
\n-8\u00b0C – Estamos a ocho grados bajo cero.<\/em>
\n+5\u00b0C – Estamos a cinco grados (sobre \/ por encima de cero).<\/em>
\n28,5\u00b0C – Estamos a veintiocho grados y cinco d\u00e9cimas (sobre cero).<\/em><\/p>\n

Weight and Measurements<\/strong><\/p>\n

Juan pesa 80kg [ochenta kilos<\/em>].
\nEsta sala mide 3,00 x 1,70m [tres metros de largo por uno setenta de ancho<\/em>].
\nMi altura es 1,68 [uno sesenta y ocho<\/em>].
\nAnduvimos m\u00e1s de 900 km [novecientos kil\u00f3metros<\/em>].
\nEsta tela tiene 1,40m [uno cuarenta<\/em>] de ancho.
\nEse reservatorio tiene capacidad para 300m\u00b3 [trescientos metros c\u00fabicos<\/em>].
\nEl \u00e1rea total de la casa es 250m\u00b2 [doscientos cincuenta metros cuadrados<\/em>].<\/p>\n

Por hoy es todo. Nos vemos prontito.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Believe it or not, numbers give Spanish students a real hard time, so today let’s go over how to say telephone numbers, dates, prices, percentages, math operations, temperature, weight and measurements in Spanish. Telephone numbers – The most common way of reading them is: 2-75-49-02 = dos, setenta y cinco, cuarenta y nueve, cero dos…<\/p>\n

Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[6,13],"tags":[111],"class_list":["post-4181","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grammar","category-vocabulary","tag-numbers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t