Use numbers naturally in real situations: prices, dates, phone numbers, math.
Spain uses comma for decimals (3,50€) but says tres con cincuenta. Latin America often uses the dot like English.
Spanish phone numbers are read in pairs or groups.
Spaniards usually read in pairs: 615 → seis-quince. Mexicans often digit by digit: 55-1234-5678.
| Symbol | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | cincuenta por ciento | percentage |
| ½ | la mitad / medio | half |
| ⅓ | un tercio | a third |
| ¼ | un cuarto | a quarter |
| ¾ | tres cuartos | three quarters |
| 1.000 | mil | thousand (dot=separator in Spain) |
| 1.000.000 | un millón | million |
1. 'Cuesta tres con cincuenta' means:
2. In Spain, phone numbers are read:
3. 'El primero de enero' — why primero?
4. 'Tres por siete' means:
5. In Spain, 1.000 means:
6. 'Un tercio' means:
7. 'Dividido entre' means:
8. Year 2000 in Spanish:
9. 'La mitad' means:
10. 50% in Spanish:
From shopping to scheduling to discussing statistics, numbers appear in every conversation. Being comfortable with Spanish number expressions makes you dramatically more functional in daily life.
Spain uses periods for thousands (1.000) and commas for decimals (3,50). Most of Latin America follows the same convention, but some countries follow the US system. Always check locally.