treinta y tres
/tɾeinta i tɾes/from spelling rules
Thirty three in Spanish is treinta y tres.
What does it mean word for word?
The number is treinta (thirty), y (and) and tres (three).
How does it change in a sentence?
English joins compound numbers with a hyphen, while Spanish links the tens and the units with y and writes them as separate words.
How do you pronounce it?
The IPA is /tɾeinta i tɾes/.
Did you know?
- While treinta y tres is written as three words, numbers from 16 to 29 are often written as a single word, such as dieciséis or veintitrés. This makes the structure of treinta y tres a sudden shift in spelling logic during counting.
- In many Spanish-speaking cultures, the number 33 is often associated with certain religious or spiritual significance, such as the age of Jesus at the time of his death.
- The word y in treinta y tres is the modern version of the Latin word et, which means 'and'.
Examples in context
- Ella tiene treinta y tres años.She's thirty-three.Ages use the verb for to have, so she is thirty-three becomes tiene treinta y tres años.Tatoeba #1184019 by Shishir, translation #749759 by sctld
- Doce más veintiuno son treinta y tres. Trece más treinta y uno son cuarenta y cuatro.Twelve plus twenty-one is thirty-three. Thirteen plus thirty-one is forty-four.Here treinta y tres appears as the result of a sum.Tatoeba #9041195 by carlosalberto, translation #9041214 by carlosalberto
- La empresa cuenta con treinta y tres empleados.The company has thirty-three employees.
- Necesitaremos treinta y tres sillas para el evento.We will need thirty-three chairs for the event.
- Mi hermana tiene treinta y tres años.My sister is thirty-three years old.
- Ayer cumplí treinta y tres años.I turned thirty-three yesterday.
- Tengo treinta y tres manzanas en mi cesta.I have thirty-three apples in my basket.
- El libro tiene treinta y tres páginas.The book has thirty three pages.
Example conversation
Mateo and María are checking a page number in a book.
- Mateo¿En qué página estamos, María?What page are we on, María?
- MaríaEstamos en la página treinta y tres.We are on page thirty three.
- MateoAh, perfecto, ya la veo.Ah, perfect, I see it now.
- MaríaMuy bien, sigamos leyendo.Very well, let's keep reading.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries treinta, tres, y, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
