Spanish numbers and prices
Quick answer
In Spain a price like €2.20 is written “2,20 €” and said “dos euros con veinte” or simply “dos veinte”. You will hear it as “Son dos veinte” (that’s two twenty), so the numbers 1 to 20 and the tens are all you need to pay for almost anything.
How a price sounds
Spain writes a comma where English writes a decimal point, and the euro sign goes after the number. People drop “euros” and “céntimos” when the price is obvious.
| Spanish | English | When to use it |
|---|---|---|
| Son 2,20 euros. | That’s €2.20. | said “dos euros con veinte” or “dos veinte” |
| Son 1,50 euros. | That’s €1.50. | “un euro con cincuenta”, “uno cincuenta” |
| Un euro con cincuenta. Lo pagas en el autobús. | One fifty. You pay on the bus. | from the bus mission |
| cincuenta céntimos | 50 cents | |
| Son 2,80 euros, por favor. | That’s €2.80, please. | |
| ¿Cuánto es? | How much is it? | for the total |
| ¿Cuánto cuesta? | How much does it cost? | for one thing |
The numbers you need first
| Spanish | English | When to use it |
|---|---|---|
| uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | |
| seis, siete, ocho, nueve, diez | 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 | |
| once, doce, trece, catorce, quince | 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 | |
| dieciséis … diecinueve, veinte | 16 … 19, 20 | one word: dieciséis |
| veintiuno, veintidós … treinta | 21, 22 … 30 | one word up to 29 |
| treinta y uno, cuarenta, cincuenta | 31, 40, 50 | from 31 on: “y” between |
| sesenta, setenta, ochenta, noventa, cien | 60, 70, 80, 90, 100 |
Un, una or uno?
“Uno” turns into “un” before a masculine noun and “una” before a feminine one. Euro is masculine, so it is “un euro”, “veintiún euros”, but “una manzana”, “una naranja”.
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| un euro | one euro |
| veintiún euros | 21 euros |
| una naranja | one orange |
| Dos manzanas. Son dos euros. | Two apples. That’s two euros. |
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Questions people ask
How do you say prices in Spanish?
Say the euros, “con”, then the cents: €3.50 is “tres euros con cincuenta”, or just “tres cincuenta”.
Why do Spanish prices use a comma?
Spain, like most of Europe, uses a comma as the decimal separator and a point for thousands: 1.250,00 € is one thousand two hundred and fifty euros.
Is it “un euro” or “uno euro”?
“Un euro.” Uno becomes un before a masculine noun, and una before a feminine one.
How do I ask how much something is?
“¿Cuánto es?” for the total at the till, “¿Cuánto cuesta?” for one item.