veinticuatro

Spanish

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Cardinal: veinticuatro     Ordinal: vigesimocuarto, vigésimo cuarto     Ordinal abbreviation: 24.º     Fractional: veinticuatroavo
Spanish Wikipedia article on 24

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *dwi-

Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥

Proto-Indo-European *(d)wi-dḱm̥t-ih₁

Proto-Italic *wīkəntī

Latin vīgintī

Old Spanish veynte

Spanish veinte

Spanish y

Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr

Proto-Italic *kʷettwōr

Latin quattuor

Old Spanish quatro

Spanish cuatro

Spanish veinticuatro

From veinte + y + cuatro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beintiˈkwatɾo/ [bẽĩn̪.t̪iˈkwa.t̪ɾo]
• Rhymes: -atɾo
• Syllabification: vein‧ti‧cua‧tro

Numeral

veinticuatro

1. twenty-four

Further reading

• “veinticuatro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025