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noventa

ninety

numeral noh-BEHN-tah Rare
Numbers & Measures Cardinal Numbers

Usage Note

Noventa compounds follow the noventa y + unit pattern in three words. Los noventa commonly refers to the 1990s in cultural contexts, and los noventa as a decade is associated with significant political and economic changes across Latin America and Spain. The initial no- can mislead learners into misreading the number as nueve (nine) — note the full four-syllable form no-ven-ta.

Examples

"Mi abuela tiene noventa años."

Natural Translation

My grandmother is ninety years old.

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