treinta
standard, Mexico
Thirty is treinta in Mexico, the same as everywhere in Spanish. Numbers above it add y and the units, as in treinta y uno.
In Mexico prices are often said with pesos: treinta pesos is a common price for a small snack or a bus fare.
Meaning: the number 30 (numeral)
How does it change in a sentence?
Numbers from thirty-one to ninety-nine use y between tens and units: treinta y dos, treinta y tres. Before a masculine noun treinta y uno becomes treinta y un, as in treinta y un pesos.
Did you know?
- Treinta comes from Latin triginta, and the ending -nta in the tens from thirty to ninety comes from Latin -ginta.
Examples in context
- Tengo treinta años.I am thirty years old.
- Son treinta pesos.That is thirty pesos.
- Hay treinta alumnos en el salón.There are thirty students in the classroom.
Example conversation
Elena buys fruit from a seller called Vendedor at a market in Puebla.
- Elena¿Cuánto cuesta el kilo de mango?How much is a kilo of mango?
- VendedorTreinta pesos, joven.Thirty pesos, miss.
- ElenaDeme dos kilos, por favor.Give me two kilos, please.
- VendedorSon sesenta pesos.That is sixty pesos.
