cuarenta

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Asturian

Asturian cardinal numbers
 <  39 40 41  > 
    Cardinal : cuarenta
    Ordinal : cuarentenu

Etymology

From Latin quadrāgintā.

Numeral

cuarenta (indeclinable)

  1. forty; 40

Spanish

Spanish numbers (edit)
400
 ←  30  ←  39 40 41  →  50  → 
4
    Cardinal: cuarenta
    Ordinal: cuadragésimo
    Ordinal abbreviation: 40.º
    Fractional: cuarentavo, cuadragésimo

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish quaraenta, from Latin quadrāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥(d)ḱomt (four-ten).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kwaˈɾenta/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -enta
  • Syllabification: cua‧ren‧ta

Numeral

cuarenta

  1. forty

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Papiamentu: cuarenta
  • Cebuano: kwarenta
  • Tagalog: kuwarenta

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