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How do you say "ninety-nine" in Spanish?
noventa y nueve
In Spanish, "ninety-nine" is noventa y nueve.
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Pronunciation
Pronounce no-VEN-ta ee new-EH-ve, stressing the middle syllable of noventa.
Grammar notes
Nueve is invariable and always stays in the same form.
Example sentence
Casi tengo noventa y nueve pesos.
I almost have ninety-nine pesos.
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How to remember noventa y nueve
NUEVE sounds smooth and final.
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Questions about noventa y nueve
How do you say "ninety-nine" in Spanish?
In Spanish, "ninety-nine" is noventa y nueve. It is a noun.
How is noventa y nueve written in Spanish?
noventa y nueve is written using the standard Spanish script.
How is noventa y nueve used in a sentence?
Use noventa y nueve as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: Casi tengo noventa y nueve pesos. (I almost have ninety-nine pesos.).
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"Ninety-nine" in other languages
- Japanese 九十九 (kyūjūkyū)
- Korean 구십구 (gu sip gu)
- Chinese 九十九 (jiǔ shí jiǔ)
- Spanish (Latin America) noventa y nueve
- French quatre-vingt-dix-neuf
- German neunundneunzig
- Italian novantanove
- Russian девяносто девять (devyanosto devyat')
- Greek ενενήντα εννέα (enenínta ennéa)
- Arabic تسعة وتسعين (tis'a witiseen)
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