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How do you say "How old are you?" in Spanish?
¿Qué edad tienes?
In Spanish, "How old are you?" is ¿Qué edad tienes?.
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Pronunciation
Say KAY eh-DAHD tee-EH-nes. Edad has the stress on the first syllable, tienes on the second.
Grammar notes
This literally means 'what age do you have'. Spanish uses tener (to have) for age, not ser (to be).
Example sentence
Que edad tienes tu.
How old are you.
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How to remember ¿Qué edad tienes?
QUE EDAD has 'what age'. Spanish says 'how much age do you have' instead of 'how old are you'.
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Questions about ¿Qué edad tienes?
How do you say "How old are you?" in Spanish?
In Spanish, "How old are you?" is ¿Qué edad tienes?. It is a noun.
How is ¿Qué edad tienes? written in Spanish?
¿Qué edad tienes? is written using the standard Spanish script.
How is ¿Qué edad tienes? used in a sentence?
Use ¿Qué edad tienes? as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: Que edad tienes tu. (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 (Latin America) ¿Cuántos años 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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