Veinte (en. Twenty)

/ˈbente/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish

noun

Number that corresponds to 20 units.

There are twenty students in the class.

Hay veinte estudiantes en la clase.

Twenty is the number of fingers on the hands of ten people.

When gathering ten people, I counted twenty fingers.

Al reunir a diez personas, conté veinte dedos.

From Latin 'viginti'.

twenty to ten

Expression used to indicate that something occurs almost at a specific time.

veinte para las diez

twenty years

Refers to a period of two decades.

veinte años

twenty thousand

Used to refer to a large amount, generally in an informal context.

veinte mil

twenty-five

Natural number that follows twenty-four.

veinticinco

twenty-one

Natural number that follows twenty.

veintiuno

Refers to a large amount in informal situations.

I was told there were twenty people at the party.

Me dijeron que había veinte personas en la fiesta.

To refer to an approximate group of twenty.

There were about twenty girls at the event.

Había una veintena de chicas en el evento.