sesenta

sixty

numeral seh-SEHN-tah Rare

Usage Note

Sesenta compounds follow the sesenta y + unit pattern written as three words. In many Spanish-speaking countries, los sesenta refers culturally to the 1960s as a decade of social change, parallel to English 'the Sixties'. The word begins with se-, not si- — a common misspelling — and is pronounced with seseo s, never th.

Examples

"La velocidad máxima es sesenta kilómetros por hora."

Natural Translation

The maximum speed is sixty kilometres per hour.

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