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How do you say "How old are you?" in Mexican Spanish?
¿Cuántos años tienes?
In Mexican Spanish, "How old are you?" is ¿Cuántos años tienes?.
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Pronunciation
Kwan-tos AH-nyos tee-EH-nes: cuántos has stress on the first syllable, años has a soft ny sound, and tienes has stress on the second.
Grammar notes
Años (years) is masculine plural. Tener is an irregular -er verb, and tienes is the second person singular (you have). Age in Spanish is expressed using tener (to have).
Example sentence
¿Cuántos años tienes?
How old are you?
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How to remember ¿Cuántos años tienes?
Años sounds like 'ahn-yos.' In Spanish, you say 'I have 25 years' rather than 'I am 25 years old.'
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Questions about ¿Cuántos años tienes?
How do you say "How old are you?" in Mexican Spanish?
In Mexican Spanish, "How old are you?" is ¿Cuántos años tienes?. It is a noun.
How is ¿Cuántos años tienes? written in Mexican Spanish?
¿Cuántos años tienes? is written using the standard Mexican Spanish script.
How is ¿Cuántos años tienes? used in a sentence?
Use ¿Cuántos años tienes? as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: ¿Cuántos años tienes? (How old are you?).
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"How old are you?" in other languages
- Japanese 何歳ですか？ (nan sai desu ka ？)
- Korean 몇 살이에요? (myeot salieyo?)
- Chinese 你多大了? (nǐ duō dà le ?)
- Spanish ¿Qué edad tienes?
- French Quel âge as-tu ?
- German Wie alt bist du?
- Italian Quanti anni hai?
- Russian Сколько тебе лет? (skolʹko tebe let?)
- Greek Πόσων χρονλων είσαι; (poson hronon ise)
- Arabic أنت عندك كام سنة؟ (inta Aandak kaem sana)
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