tu año de nacimiento
/tu aɲo de naθimjento/from spelling rules
In Spanish, your birth year is tu año de nacimiento.
This phrase refers to the specific year in which a person was born.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of tu (your), año (year), de (of) and nacimiento (birth).
Which one should you use?
While tu año de nacimiento refers specifically to 'your' birth year, official documents and forms often shorten the phrase to año de nacimiento (year of birth) or use the definite article el año de nacimiento (the birth year).
How does it change in a sentence?
When filling out official forms, the possessive pronoun is often dropped entirely, leaving just año de nacimiento.
How do you pronounce it?
/tu aɲo de naθimjento/
Did you know?
- The word año contains a tilde over the ‘n’, which is actually a small wave called a virgulilla. It distinguishes the word 'year' from ano, which means 'anus' in Spanish.
- In Spanish, the concept of 'birth' (nacimiento) is also used to describe the birth of Christ, often referring to the 'nativity' scenes found in homes during December.
- The word año is a cognate of the English word 'annual' because both descend from the Latin word annus.
Examples in context
- ¿Puedo saber tu año de nacimiento?May I know your birth year?
- Escribe tu año de nacimiento aquí.Write your birth year here.
- Tu año de nacimiento no es correcto.Your birth year is not correct.
Example conversation
Javier is helping Lucía fill out a registration form.
- JavierLucía, necesito tu año de nacimiento.Lucía, I need your birth year.
- LucíaEs mil novecientos noventa y cinco.It is 1995.
- JavierGracias, ya lo anoté.Thanks, I already wrote it down.
- LucíaPerfecto, gracias por ayudarme.Perfect, thanks for helping me.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries año, de, nacimiento, tu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
