Galician/Lesson 1/Numbers and Dates

Galician cardinal numbers work like this. For further aid, the tonic syllables are underlined on each word, with the exception of monosyllables. Pronunciation is written in phonetic characters, it can be reviewed with the dictionary of Galician pronunciation[1].

From zero to ten
Digit Galician translation Pronunciation
0 Cero ˈθɛɾo̝
1 Un (m) / Unha (f) ˈuŋ / ˈuŋa̝
2 Dous (m) / as (f) ˈdows / ˈdua̝s
3 Tres ˈtɾes
4 Catro ˈkatɾo̝
5 Cinco ˈθiŋko̝
6 Seis ˈsejs
7 Sete ˈsɛte̝
8 Oito ˈojto̝
9 Nove ˈnɔβe̝
10 Dez ˈdɛθ
From ten to one hundred
Digit Galician translation Pronunciation
11 Once ˈonθe̝
12 Doce ˈdoθe̝
13 Trece ˈtɾeθe̝
14 Catorce kaˈtoɾθe̝
15 Quince ˈkinθe̝
16 Dezaseis dɛθaˈsejs
17 Dezasete dɛθaˈsɛte̝
18 Dezaoito dɛθaˈojto̝
19 Dezanove dɛθaˈnɔβe̝
20 Vinte ˈbinte̝
21 to 29 Vinte e [...] ˈbinte̝ ɛ After the 'vinte e', add any of the numbers from one

to nine. Male and female cases of 21 and 22 can happen, e.g. "vinte e dous / vinte e dúas" (22).

30 Trinta ˈtɾinta̝
31 to 39 Trinta e [...] ˈtɾinta̝ ɛ After the 'trinta e', add any of the numbers from one

to nine. Male and female cases of 31 and 32 can happen, e.g. "trinta e dous / trinta e dúas" (32).

40 Corenta koˈɾɛnta̝
41 to 49 Corenta e [...] koˈɾɛnta̝ ɛ After the 'corenta e', add any of the numbers from one

to nine. Male and female cases of 41 and 42 can happen, e.g. "corenta e dous / corenta e dúas" (42).

50 Cincuenta θiŋˈkwɛnta̝
51 to 59 Cincuenta e [...] θiŋˈkwɛnta̝ ɛ After the 'cincuenta e', add any of the numbers from one

to nine. Male and female cases of 51 and 52 can happen, e.g. "cincuenta e dous / cincuenta e dúas" (52).

60 Sesenta seˈsɛnta̝
61 to 69 Sesenta e [...] seˈsɛnta̝ ɛ After the 'sesenta e', add any of the numbers from one

to nine. Male and female cases of 21 and 22 can happen, e.g. "sesenta e dous / sesenta e dúas" (62).

70 Setenta seˈtɛnta̝
71 to 79 Setenta e [...] seˈtɛnta̝ ɛ After the 'setenta e', add any of the numbers from one

to nine. Male and female cases of 21 and 22 can happen, e.g. "setenta e dous / setenta e dúas" (72).

80 Oitenta ojˈtɛnta̝
81 to 89 Oitenta e [...] ojˈtɛnta̝ ɛ After the 'oitenta e', add any of the numbers from one

to nine. Male and female cases of 21 and 22 can happen, e.g. "oitenta e dous / oitenta e dúas" (82).

90 Noventa nɔˈβɛnta̝
91 to 99 Noventa e [...] nɔˈβɛnta̝ ɛ After the 'noventa e', add any of the numbers from one

to nine. Male and female cases of 21 and 22 can happen, e.g. "noventa e dous / noventa e dúas" (92).

100 Cen ˈθɛŋ
Above one hundred
Digit Galician translation Pronunciation
101 to 199 Cento [...] ˈθɛnto̝ After the 'cento', add any number from 1 to 99. E.g "cento corenta e tres" (143).
200 Douscentos (m) / Duascentas (f) dowsˈθɛnto̝s / duasˈθɛnta̝s While the number can have male and female cases,

the gender of the hundred must be equal to the gender of the unit. E.g. "douscentos un / dúascentas unha" (201).

All the hundreds

between 300 and 900

[...]centos (m) / [...]centas (f) While the number can have male and female cases,

the gender of the hundred must be equal to the gender of the unit. E.g. "cincocentos un / cincocentas unha" (501).

1.000 Mil
1.000.000 Un millón
2 or more millions [...] millóns
  1. Dicionario de pronuncia da lingua galega (https://ilg.usc.es/pronuncia/ )