setenta y uno
/setenta i uno/from spelling rules
The English phrase seventy one is translated into Spanish as setenta y uno.
setenta y uno is used to denote the number that follows seventy and precedes seventy-two.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is literally composed of setenta (seventy), y (and) and uno (one).
How does it change in a sentence?
When used before a masculine singular noun, the final vowel of uno drops to un, resulting in setenta y un. When used before a feminine singular noun, uno changes to una, resulting in setenta y una.
How do you pronounce it?
/setenta i uno/
Did you know?
- In Spanish, numbers from 31 to 99 are written as separate words like setenta y uno, but numbers from 21 to 29 can be fused into a single word, such as veintiuno.
- The word setenta shares a root with the 'Septuagint', the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, because both words are based on the Latin number for seventy.
Examples in context
- El número es setenta y uno.The number is seventy one.
Example conversation
Maria and Mateo are counting pages in a book.
- MaríaEstoy en la página setenta y uno.I am on page seventy-one.
- MateoYo estoy en la setenta.I am on seventy.
- MaríaEntonces te falta una.Then you are missing one.
- MateoSí, ya llego a la setenta y uno.Yes, I'm getting to seventy-one now.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries setenta, uno, y, CC BY-SA 4.0.
