Vocab Guide — Spanish Numbers And Figures

Spanish numbers are written using the same digits as English (0–9). The words for numbers are spelled out in Spanish, such as uno ("one"), dos ("two"), tres ("three"), and so on.

The digits themselves are the same as in English, but the words and pronunciation are different. For example, “four” is cuatro and “ten” is diez in Spanish.

Yes, Spanish uses commas and periods, but they often do it differently from English. In most Spanish-speaking countries, a comma is used as the decimal separator (e.g., 3,5 for three and a half), and a period is used for thousands (e.g., 1.000 for one thousand).

No, Spanish number words are not capitalized unless they appear at the beginning of a sentence.

The numbers dieciséis (16), veintidós (22), veintitrés (23), and veintiséis (26) have written accents.

Spanish numbers themselves are not inherently feminine or masculine, though when you are talking about a number, you usually use the article el like el tres "the three." The number one is an exception, as it must agree in gender and number with the noun it describes. For example, una casa ("one house," feminine) vs. un libro ("one book," masculine). Also, if you have an amount that is a multiple of one hundred (200, 300, 400), those also agree with the gender: doscientos libros vs. doscientas casas.