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Numbers and counting in Catalan

56 words in Catalan on the topic “numbers and counting”: un — one, dos — two, tres — three, quatre — four. 56 words can be played from recordings.

Updated September 1, 2026 · Lingofly

56 words on the topic

  • un
    one
    Masculine: un cafè. For a woman or a feminine thing: una. Counting has no full uno in Catalan
  • dos
    two
    It does not change by gender: dos cafès and dos cases alike
  • tres
    three
    Hence trimestre — three months — and triple
  • quatre
    four
    The qu reads k, the u is silent: KWA-truh. Its neighbor què is the question word 'what'
  • cinc
    five
    The final c devoices and sounds like k: sink
  • sis
    six
    Sixteen is «setze», from Latin sedecim. Sixty is «seixanta»
  • set
    seven
    The same word means 'thirst': tinc set — I'm thirsty, literally 'I have thirst'
  • vuit
    eight
    Not Spanish ocho: the Catalan word is its own, buoyt. Eighteen is divuit
  • nou
    nine
    The same word means 'new': un llibre nou. Only the context tells them apart — and the hint nearby
  • deu
    ten
    Nineteen is dinou, literally ten-nine: the tens go first
  • onze
    eleven
    From Latin undecim. From seventeen on, counting goes with «di-»: disset, divuit, dinou
  • dotze
    twelve
    From Latin duodecim. A dozen is «una dotzena»: the same word with a suffix
  • tretze
    thirteen
    From Latin tredecim. Stress on the first syllable: TRE-dze
  • catorze
    fourteen
    From Latin quattuordecim — the same root as «quatre», four. Stress: ca-TOR-ze
  • quinze
    fifteen
    From Latin quindecim. Two weeks in Catalan is «quinze dies», literally «fifteen days»
  • setze
    sixteen
    From Latin sedecim. Related: «sis» — six, and «seixanta» — sixty
  • disset
    seventeen
    Ten-seven: the first part is deu, the ten, not set, the seven
  • divuit
    eighteen
    Ten-eight. Valencian keeps its own huit inside: vint-i-huit for twenty-eight
  • dinou
    nineteen
    Ten-nine. With this number the teenage years run out
  • vint
    twenty
    The final -nt is heard faintly: "bin". Twenty-one is vint-i-un, with the linking -i- that 11–19 never take
  • trenta
    thirty
    The tens end in -anta: trenta, quaranta, cinquanta… learn the first and you can guess the rest
  • quaranta
    forty
    A relative of quatre, four: kwa-RAN-tuh, stress on the a
  • cinquanta
    fifty
    From cinc, five. Cinquanta-cinc — fifty-five
  • seixanta
    sixty
    shuh-SHAN-tuh: the ix gives a sh, as the letter x should
  • setanta
    seventy
    From set, seven. Stress on the a: suh-TAN-tuh
  • vuitanta
    eighty
    From vuit, eight. Valencian says huitanta, with its own huit
  • noranta
    ninety
    From Latin nonaginta, the same base as «nou», nine. The nineties are «els anys noranta»
  • cent
    one hundred
    The final t is heard: cent. Two hundred is dos-cents, and cents there takes an s
  • mil
    one thousand
    It never changes: mil euros, dos mil euros. Miles is "thousands" as a crowd — thousands of people
  • milió
    one million
    Stressed on the ó: mi-li-ON. The plural is milions
  • zero
    zero
    A voiced z — the very sound Spanish lacks. Zero graus — zero degrees
  • el primer
    first
    Feminine la primera. El primer pis is the first floor, but in the elevator it is often planta baixa — the 'ground' one
  • el segon
    second
    The same word means 'a second': un segon is a second, el segon is the second one
  • el tercer
    third
    Feminine la tercera. Ordinals agree like adjectives
  • l'últim
    last
    With the apostrophe and the accent: OOL-teem. L'últim autobús — the last bus: better not to miss it
  • quant?
    how much
    Without the accent, unlike Spanish cuánto. Quant costa? — how much is it?
  • la parella
    couple
    Both 'a pair of things' and 'a couple' — two people together: una parella jove — a young couple. For a pair of things there is also un parell de, spelled differently
  • la peça
    piece (unit)
    The unit of counting goods: dues peces — two pieces. The same word is a machine part and a play
  • el per cent
    percent
    Written as two words. El deu per cent — ten percent; on price tags you see the % sign
  • cada
    every
    Always with a singular noun: cada dia — every day, cada dues hores — every two hours
  • dos-cents
    two hundred
    The hundred is cent; beyond that everything is hyphenated: dos-cents, literally 'two-hundred'. The feminine changes both parts: dues-centes cases
  • tres-cents
    three hundred
    Built like dos-cents: number, hyphen, -cents. Feminine words count the same: tres-centes persones — three hundred people
  • quatre-cents
    four hundred
    Here it is honestly 'four-hundred': quatre-cents, no surprises. The hyphen is obligatory in writing
  • cinc-cents
    five hundred
    The one break in the row: not cinqu-cents but cinc-cents — 'five' gave up its -qu-. Feminine: cinc-centes
  • sis-cents
    six hundred
    From sis, six: sis-cents. As in every hundred, the hyphen holds the word together
  • set-cents
    seven hundred
    From set, seven: set-cents. Read as one word, stress on -cents
  • vuit-cents
    eight hundred
    From vuit, eight: vuit-cents. Valencian builds it with its own huit: huit-cents
  • nou-cents
    nine hundred
    From nou, nine: nou-cents. Years read the same way: nou-cents vint — nine hundred twenty
  • quart
    fourth
    It lives on its own too: un quart d'hora — a quarter of an hour. Feminine quarta: la quarta planta — the fourth floor
  • cinquè
    fifth
    After third the ordinals change their face: cinquè, stress at the end — sin-KEH. Feminine cinquena
  • sisè
    sixth
    A short word, stress at the end: si-ZEH. Feminine sisena
  • setè
    seventh
    Suh-TEH. The row keeps going easily: cinquè, sisè, setè… — the stress always at the end
  • vuitè
    eighth
    vooy-TEH — like vuit, eight, with a new stress. Feminine vuitena
  • novè
    ninth
    From nou, nine: novè — no-VEH. Do not mix it up with nou, 'new': the stress divides them
  • desè
    tenth
    From deu, ten: desè — duh-ZEH. The tenth page is la desena pàgina: the feminine ends in -ena
  • centèsim
    hundredth
    Sen-TEH-seem — cent with a suffix. The model goes on: mil·lèsim, thousandth, with the mid-dot

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What is worth knowing about these words

un — one. Masculine: un cafè. For a woman or a feminine thing: una. Counting has no full uno in Catalan.

dos — two. It does not change by gender: dos cafès and dos cases alike.

tres — three. Hence trimestre — three months — and triple.

quatre — four. The qu reads k, the u is silent: KWA-truh. Its neighbor què is the question word 'what'.

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How to learn the set instead of just reading it

A price, the change, a house number, the time you agreed on, the floor. Numbers are the first thing you have to catch by ear — and the first thing people say fast.

A list is read in a minute and forgotten in a day. What works: hide the translation, try to recall, get it wrong — and come back to the same words tomorrow.

Frequently asked

How do you say “one” in Catalan?

«un». Masculine: un cafè. For a woman or a feminine thing: una. Counting has no full uno in Catalan. It is one of 56 words in the set “numbers and counting” — the rest are in the table above.

How many numbers do you need to start?

The whole set on this page is 56 words, but there is no need to start with all of it: the words you will need in the next few days are enough. Take them a few at a time — five to seven new ones per session.

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