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treinta

thirty

numeral TREHN-tah Less Common

Usage Note

Treinta compounds follow the treinta y + unit pattern, always written as three separate words: treinta y uno, treinta y dos, etc. The phrase los treinta often refers colloquially to one's thirties as a life decade. Note the potential confusion with trece (13) in fast speech.

Examples

"El reloj marca las tres y treinta."

Natural Translation

The clock reads three thirty.

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