cuarenta
Spanish, number/kwaˈɾenta/
cuarenta is spelled C-U-A-R-E-N-T-A (8 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,491st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cuarenta is a Spanish number meaning “forty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cuatro veces diez (4 x 10)”.
What does cuarenta mean in English?
number
- 1
forty
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
number: 1. Cuatro veces diez (4 x 10). 2. Que ocupa el cuadragésimo lugar en una serie. 3. Que pertenece o concierne a la década 40-49.
noun: 1. Signo o signos usados para representar al número que tiene cuarenta unidades. 2. Nombre del número 40.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cuarenta
- cuarentas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cuarenta?
- /kwaˈɾenta/
- [kwaˈɾẽn̪.t̪a]
- [kwaˈɾẽn̪t̪a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cuarenta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cuarenta in Spanish?
cuarenta appears 17 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).