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How do you say "seventy-nine" in Spanish?
setenta y nueve
In Spanish, "seventy-nine" is setenta y nueve.
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Pronunciation
Pronounce se-TEN-ta ee new-EH-ve, stressing the middle syllable of setenta.
Grammar notes
Nueve never changes form in counting expressions and always appears with the same ending.
Example sentence
Tenemos setenta y nueve empleados.
We have seventy-nine employees.
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How to remember setenta y nueve
NUEVE sounds complete with its two E vowels.
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Questions about setenta y nueve
How do you say "seventy-nine" in Spanish?
In Spanish, "seventy-nine" is setenta y nueve. It is a noun.
How is setenta y nueve written in Spanish?
setenta y nueve is written using the standard Spanish script.
How is setenta y nueve used in a sentence?
Use setenta y nueve as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: Tenemos setenta y nueve empleados. (We have seventy-nine employees.).
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"Seventy-nine" in other languages
- Japanese 七十九 (nanajūkyū)
- Korean 칠십구 (chil sip gu)
- Chinese 七十九 (qī shí jiǔ)
- Spanish (Latin America) setenta y nueve
- French soixante-dix-neuf
- German neunundsiebzig
- Italian settantanove
- Russian семьдесят девять (sem'desyat' devyat')
- Greek εβδομήντα εννέα (evdomínta ennéa)
- Arabic تسعة وسبعين (tis'a wisab'een)
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