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Write the number as a word in Spanish. Sixteen to nineteen are written as one word, and dieciséis has an accent.

Question Answer
11 once
12 doce
13 trece
14 catorce
15 quince
16 dieciséis
17 diecisiete
18 dieciocho
19 diecinueve
20 veinte

How the numbers work

11 to 15 have names of their own that end in -ce. These you learn by heart: once, doce, trece, catorce, quince.

16 to 19 you can build yourself. Dieci means “ten and,” followed by the number: dieciséis is ten and six = 16. The same goes for diecisiete (17), dieciocho (18) and diecinueve (19).

Watch out: 16 has an accent, dieciséis. 20 is veinte.

Sources

We checked the answers against these references.

  1. Cambridge Dictionary dictionary.cambridge.org
  2. Cambridge: once dictionary.cambridge.org
  3. Cambridge: doce dictionary.cambridge.org
  4. Cambridge: trece dictionary.cambridge.org
  5. Cambridge: catorce dictionary.cambridge.org
  6. Cambridge: quince dictionary.cambridge.org
  7. Cambridge: dieciséis dictionary.cambridge.org
  8. Cambridge: diecisiete dictionary.cambridge.org
  9. Cambridge: dieciocho dictionary.cambridge.org
  10. Cambridge: diecinueve dictionary.cambridge.org
  11. Cambridge: veinte dictionary.cambridge.org

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