mil cuatrocientos noventa y dos
year
The year 1492 is said mil cuatrocientos noventa y dos in Spanish.
Use en before the year, as in en 1492.
Meaning: the year 1492 (numeral)
What does it mean word for word?
Spanish reads years as full numbers, not in pairs. So the year is "one thousand four hundred ninety two", from mil, cuatrocientos, noventa and dos.
Did you know?
- In Spanish a year is read as one whole number, so 1492 is never split into "fourteen ninety two".
Examples in context
- Colón llegó a América en mil cuatrocientos noventa y dos.Columbus reached America in 1492.
- Estamos hablando del año mil cuatrocientos noventa y dos.We are talking about the year 1492.
Example conversation
A teacher asks a student named Daniel about a date in history class.
- Profesora¿En qué año llegó Colón a América?In what year did Columbus reach America?
- DanielEn mil cuatrocientos noventa y dos.In 1492.
- ProfesoraMuy bien, Daniel.Very good, Daniel.
