sesenta y seis
/sesenta i seis/from spelling rules
Sixty six in Spanish is sesenta y seis.
sesenta y seis is used to represent the number that follows sixty-five.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of sesenta (sixty), y (and) and seis (six).
How do you pronounce it?
/sesenta i seis/
Did you know?
- The word sesenta comes from the Old Spanish word 'sessaenta', which meant 'threescore', or three sets of twenty.
- While sesenta y seis means 'sixty and six', the 'and' is mandatory in Spanish for these numbers but would be considered incorrect in English.
- In Spanish, numbers from 31 to 99 are written as separate words, unlike English where 'sixty-six' uses a hyphen.
Examples in context
- Cesar Chavez murió en 1993 a la edad de sesenta y seis. Más de 40.000 personas asistieron a su funeral.Cesar Chavez died in 1993 at the age of sixty-six. More than 40,000 people attended his funeral.This sentence is useful for expressing the age of a person using sesenta y seis.Tatoeba #1338660 by marcelostockle, translation #516341 by CK
- El número de teléfono es sesenta y seis.The phone number is sixty-six.
- El libro tiene sesenta y seis páginas.The book has sixty six pages.
- Tengo sesenta y seis euros en mi cuenta.I have sixty six euros in my account.
Example conversation
Javier and Sofía are counting pages in a book.
- JavierSofía, ¿en qué página estás?Sofía, what page are you on?
- SofíaEstoy en la página sesenta y seis.I am on page sixty-six.
- JavierYo todavía estoy en la cincuenta.I am still on fifty.
- SofíaTienes que leer más rápido, Javier.You have to read faster, Javier.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries seis, sesenta, y, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
