ochenta y cinco
/ot͡ʃenta i θinko/from spelling rules
The English phrase eighty five is translated into Spanish as ochenta y cinco.
The phrase refers to the number that comes after eighty-four and before eighty-six.
How do you pronounce it?
/otʃenta i θinko/
Did you know?
- The word cinco is a linguistic relative of the word 'ponche', also known as 'punch', because both share the same Vulgar Latin ancestor.
- In some fast-paced Caribbean dialects, the y in ochenta y cinco may be dropped or blended, sounding more like a single word.
- While English uses a hyphen for numbers like 'eighty-five', Spanish numbers between 'treinta' and 'noventa' are written as three separate words without any hyphenation.
Examples in context
- Tengo ochenta y cinco años.I am eighty-five years old.This sentence is useful for expressing your age using ochenta y cinco.Tatoeba #1225798 by wallebot, translation #1289804 by CN
- Necesito ochenta y cinco copias del informe.I need eighty-five copies of the report.
- El libro cuesta ochenta y cinco euros.The book costs eighty-five euros.
- Hay ochenta y cinco páginas en total.There are eighty-five pages in total.
Example conversation
Alejandro and Lucía are counting items in a box.
- Alejandro¡Mira! Hay ochenta y cinco canicas.Look! There are eighty-five marbles.
- Lucía¡Es mucho! ¡Ochenta y cinco es un número grande!That's a lot! Eighty-five is a big number!
- Alejandro¡S, pero necesitamos noventa.Yes, but we need ninety.
- LucíaEntonces nos faltan cinco más.Then we are missing five more.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries cinco, ochenta, y, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
