How to Say "Thirty Fifth" in Spanish

trigésimo quinto

/tɾixesimo kinto/from spelling rules

The Spanish phrase for thirty fifth is trigésimo quinto.

How does it change in a sentence?

The phrase trigésimo quinto is the masculine form and must agree in gender with the noun it modifies.

The word quinto shares its history with an old Spanish term for an '18-year-old boy' or a 'conscript'. This stems from a decree by King John II of Castile, which mandated that one in every five boys must serve in the army.
The word quinto is the root of the English word 'quintessence', which originally referred to the fifth and purest element in ancient philosophy.
The term quinto was historically used to describe a specific tax, the quinto real, which was a 20% tax on precious metals taken by the Spanish Crown.

El cuarto día de febrero es el trigésimo quinto día del año.
The fourth day of February is the thirty-fifth day of the year.
This sentence is useful for showing how to use trigésimo quinto when referring to a specific day of the year.
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El trigésimo quinto aniversario de su boda será inolvidable.
Their thirty fifth wedding anniversary will be unforgettable.
Con el trigésimo quinto intento, finalmente lo logró.
With the thirty fifth attempt, he finally succeeded.
Celebramos el trigésimo quinto aniversario de la empresa.
We are celebrating the thirty fifth anniversary of the company.

Sofía and Mateo are looking at a list of prize winners.

Sofía

Mateo, ¿en qué posición quedó tu primo?
Mateo, what position did your cousin get?
Mateo

Quedó en el trigésimo quinto lugar.
He finished in thirty-fifth place.
Sofía

¡Vaya, estuvo muy cerca del premio!
Wow, he was very close to the prize!
Mateo

Sí, pero él está feliz con el resultado.
Yes, but he is happy with the result.

Sources

IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
Word origins: Wiktionary entries quinto, trigésimo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.

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