Spanish ordinal numbers can differ significantly from their cardinal counterparts. However, they are used less than in English. They are often used for the numbers ten and under. For larger numbers, it is common to use the cardinal number, especially in speech.
The phrase the twentieth century is el siglo veinte in Spanish. The cardinal number veinte (twenty) is used. To say the sixteenth floor, it is common to say el piso dieciseis. In this case the cardinal number dieciseis (sixteen) is used.
Here is a list of Spanish ordinal numbers:
tenth décimo
twentieth vigésimo
thirthieth trigésimo
fortieth cuadragésimo
fiftieth quincuagésimo
sixtieth sexagésimo
seventieth septuagésimo
eightieth octogésimo
ninetieth nonagésimo
one hundredth centésimo
two hundredth ducentésimo
three hundredth tricentésimo
four hundredth cuadringentésimo
five hundredth quingentésimo
six hundredth sexcentésimo
seven hundredth septingentésimo
eight hundredth octingentésimo
nine hundredth noningentésimo
one thousandth milésimo
In the list of cardinal numbers, the stress is always antepenultimate. The cardinal numbers have more syllables than they do in English. A few such as the cardinal numbers for four hundredth and seven hundredth have six syllables. The large number of syllables may be one reason that the cardinal numbers are used less extensively in Spanish than in English.
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