mil novecientos sesenta y nueve
/mil nobeθjentos sesenta i nwebe/from spelling rules
The English phrase nineteen sixty-nine is translated into Spanish as mil novecientos sesenta y nueve.
What does it mean word for word?
Literally, mil novecientos sesenta y nueve means 'one thousand nine hundred sixty and nine'.
How does it change in a sentence?
Unlike English, which splits the year into two two-digit numbers (nineteen sixty-nine), Spanish expresses the year as a single whole number (one thousand nine hundred sixty-nine).
Did you know?
- The word sesenta traces back to the Latin sexāgintā, which originally meant 'threescore'.
Examples in context
- quince de junio de mil novecientos sesenta y nueveJune 15, 1969
- Ella nació en mil novecientos sesenta y nueve.She was born in nineteen sixty-nine.
- Ese edificio se construyó en mil novecientos sesenta y nueve.That building was built in nineteen sixty-nine.
- La película es de mil novecientos sesenta y nueve.The movie is from nineteen sixty-nine.
Example conversation
Alejandro and Sofía are looking at an old photograph.
- Alejandro¿De qué año es esta foto, Sofía?What year is this photo from, Sofía?
- SofíaEs de mil novecientos sesenta y nueve.It is from nineteen sixty-nine.
- Alejandro¡Qué antigua es!How old it is!
- SofíaSí, era la época de mis abuelos.Yes, it was the era of my grandparents.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries mil, nueve, sesenta, y, CC BY-SA 4.0.
