ciento veintisiete
/θjento beintisjete/from spelling rules
The phrase ciento veintisiete is how you say one twenty-seven (127) in Spanish.
The phrase is used to express the number 127.
How does it change in a sentence?
The number 127 is expressed as ciento veintisiete.
Did you know?
- In Spanish, numbers from 21 to 29 are typically written as a single word, while numbers from 31 to 99 are written as separate words.
- The word veintisiete is a contraction of veinte (twenty), y (and) and siete (seven).
- While many English speakers say 'one hundred twenty-seven', the Spanish structure uses ciento specifically to build numbers in the hundreds, whereas 'cien' is used alone for exactly one hundred.
Examples in context
- El número de la casa es ciento veintisiete.The house number is one hundred twenty-seven.
- Tengo ciento veintisiete páginas en mi libro.I have one hundred twenty-seven pages in my book.
- El precio es de ciento veintisiete euros.The price is one hundred twenty-seven euros.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries ciento, veintisiete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
