veintinueve
/beintiˈnwebe/
The Spanish word for twenty-nine is veintinueve.
veintinueve is the cardinal number used for counting or expressing quantities.
Meaning: cardinal number (num)
How does it change in a sentence?
In Spanish, the number is written as a single word. As an adjective, veintinueve remains the same regardless of the gender of the noun it describes.
How do you pronounce it?
/beintiˈnwebe/
Did you know?
- While veintinueve is one word, numbers from 31 to 99 are written as separate words, such as treinta y uno for 'thirty-one'.
- In many Spanish dialects, the 'v' in veintinueve is pronounced so softly that it is indistinguishable from a 'b', making the word sound like 'beintinueve' to an English ear.
- Unlike English where 'twenty' is a distinct root, the veinte in veintinueve shares its ancient Proto-Italic ancestor *wīkəntī with the French 'vingt' and Italian 'venti'.
Examples in context
- El evento comienza el veintinueve de octubre.The event starts on the twenty-ninth of October.
- ¿Puedo pagar mañana? Hoy solo tengo veintinueve euros.Can I pay tomorrow? Today, I only have twenty-nine euros.
- Tengo veintinueve años.I am twenty-nine years old.
- El libro cuesta veintinueve euros.The book costs twenty-nine euros.
- Hay veintinueve estudiantes en la clase.There are twenty-nine students in the class.
Example conversation
Sofía and Javier are checking the inventory of a small shop.
- Sofía¿Cuántas camisas hay en la caja?How many shirts are in the box?
- JavierHe contado veintinueve camisas.I have counted twenty-nine shirts.
- Sofía¡Vaya, son muchas!Wow, that is a lot!
- JavierSí, el inventario está completo.Yes, the inventory is complete.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “twenty-nine” translations and entries veintinueve, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries veintinueve, CC BY-SA 4.0.
