How to Say "Twenty One" in Italian

ventuno

/venˈtu.no/

The phrase "twenty one" in Italian is ventuno.

ventuno is used to denote the number that follows twenty.

What does it mean word for word?

The word is a compound of venti (twenty) and uno (one).

When forming this number, the final vowel of venti is dropped to avoid a hiatus, resulting in the elided form ventuno.

The pronunciation is /venˈtu.no/. It has three syllables, with the stress on the second syllable.

When stating dates in Italian, such as 'the twenty-first of May', you use the cardinal number ventuno instead of an ordinal number like 'twenty-first'.
In certain Italian gambling traditions involving cards, the number twenty-one is famously associated with the game of blackjack, which is often referred to simply as 'ventuno'.
If you were to write ventuno in Roman numerals, it is XXI, a form still frequently used in Italy for centuries of dates on monuments and buildings.

Mio fratello ha ventuno anni ed è sposato.
My brother is twenty one years old and is married.
This sentence shows how to use ventuno when stating someone's age.
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Hai visto che bello shopping ho fatto? Ho speso ventuno euro!
Have you seen what a great shopping spree I had? I spent twenty one euros!
Il numero sulla pagina è ventuno.
The number on the page is twenty one.
Ho trovato ventuno monete nel salvadanaio.
I found twenty one coins in the piggy bank.

Lorenzo and Martina are talking about a hotel booking.

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