Ordinal numbers from 21 to 99
These are the ordinal numbers for the tens:
20º (20th) → Vigésimo/a (twentieth)
30º (30th) → Trigésimo/a (thirtieth)
40º (40th) → Cuadragésimo/a (fortieth)
50º (50th) → Quincuagésimo/a (fiftieth)
60º (60th) → Sexagésimo/a (sixtieth)
70º (70th) → Septuagésimo/a (seventieth)
80º (80th) → Octogésimo/a (eightieth)
90º (90th) → Nonagésimo/a (ninetieth)
The ordinal numbers between 21 and 99 are formed following the structure decena (20, 30, 40…) + unidad (1, 2, 3…).
21º → Vigésimo primero
(twenty-first)
67º → Sexagésimo séptimo
(sixty-seventh)
96º → Nonagésimo sexto
(ninety-sixth)
Notes:
- Ordinal numbers agree in gender and number with the noun they accompany.
María llegó vigésima segunda a la meta.
Maria came twenty-second at the finish line.
- Primero (first) and tercero (third) change to primer and tercer before masculine nouns.
Es el trigésimo tercer concurso en el que participo.
It's the thirty-third contest I have taken part in.
- In spoken language, we rarely use ordinals for such high figures. We just use cardinal numbers instead.
Este año, el festival celebra su edición número cincuenta y cinco.
This year, the festival celebrates its fifty-fifth edition (literally, “its number fifty-five edition”).
- Although ordinals 21 through 29 are usually written in two words, they can also be written in one word.
Es la vigésima tercera/vigesimotercera edición de la maratón.
This is the twenty-third edition of the marathon.
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