treinta y cuatro
/tɾeinta i kwatɾo/from spelling rules
The Spanish phrase for thirty four is treinta y cuatro.
Use treinta y cuatro to denote the number that follows thirty-three.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of treinta (thirty), y (and) and cuatro (four).
How do you pronounce it?
/tɾeinta i kwatɾo/
Did you know?
- While treinta y cuatro is the number, the word cuatro is also the name of a traditional four-stringed guitar common in Venezuela and Colombia.
- In Spanish, numbers from 31 to 99 are written as separate words, unlike numbers from 21 to 29, which are merged into a single word like veinticuatro.
- If you were to look at the ancient roots of cuatro, you would find it is a distant relative of the Ancient Greek word téssares.
Examples in context
- El número es treinta y cuatro.The number is thirty four.
- Tengo treinta y cuatro euros.I have thirty four euros.
Example conversation
Mateo and Elena are checking a list of ages.
- Mateo¿Qué edad tiene ella?How old is she?
- ElenaElla tiene treinta y cuatro años.She is thirty four years old.
- Mateo¡Ah, entiendo!Ah, I see!
- ElenaEs una edad muy buena.It is a very good age.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries cuatro, treinta, y, CC BY-SA 4.0.
