dos mil siete
/dos mil sjete/from spelling rules
The English phrase 'two thousand and seven' is translated into Spanish as dos mil siete.
You can use dos mil siete to express the number two thousand seven. To refer to the year 2007 directly, you can say el año dos mil siete.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of dos (two), mil (thousand) and siete (seven).
Which one should you use?
Unlike English, Spanish does not use the conjunction 'and' (y) between the hundreds/thousands and the tens/units when expressing years or numbers. For example, do not say dos mil y siete.
How does it change in a sentence?
The word mil is invariable in this context and does not take a plural form even though it represents a plural number of thousands.
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Examples in context
- desde mil novecientos noventa y nueve hasta dos mil sieteFrom nineteen ninety-nine until two thousand and seven
- el siete de octubre de dos mil sieteOctober 7th, 2007
- Mi coche es del año dos mil siete.My car is from the year two thousand and seven.
- Ese edificio se terminó en dos mil siete.That building was finished in two thousand and seven.
Example conversation
Alejandro and Sofía are talking about an old photo.
- Alejandro¿Cuándo fue tomada esta foto, Sofía?When was this photo taken, Sofía?
- SofíaCreo que fue en dos mil siete.I think it was in two thousand and seven.
- AlejandroPareces mucho más joven en esa imagen.You look much younger in that image.
- SofíaSí, era muy pequeña en aquel entonces.Yes, I was very small back then.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries dos, mil, siete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
