treinta

/ˈtɾeinta/ · B1 · num

thirty

treinta starts like tres (three): three tens, from Latin triginta

Spanish tens come from their single digits: tres → treinta, cuatro → cuarenta, cinco → cincuenta. The ending -inta/-enta marks the tens, like -ty in English. English thirty also starts with the th- of three.

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