How to Say ‘It's more than two hundred years old’ in Mexican Spanish
Tiene más de doscientos años
TYEH-neh mahs deh dohs-SYEHN-tohs AH-nyohs
[TYEH-neh mahs deh dohs-SYEHN-tohs AH-nyohs]
💬 Usage Tip: Spanish gives age with tener "to have", not "to be": it literally "has" two hundred years. Same for people: tengo treinta años "I'm thirty".
Phrase Breakdown
Tiene más de
TYEH-neh mahs deh
It has more than
Spanish uses 'tener' (to have) for age, so 'tiene' means 'it has'. Before a number, 'más de' means 'more than'. Say TYEH-neh MAHS deh.
Mi abuela tiene más de noventa años.
My grandmother is more than ninety years old.
Words in this phrase
Tiene
[TYEH-neh]
has
Used to show possession or ownership.
Ella tiene un auto nuevo.
She has a new car.
más
[mahs]
more
Adverb or determiner meaning 'more'; used to increase quantity or degree.
Quiero más retos en mi trabajo.
I want more challenges in my job.
de
[deh]
than
After 'más' with numbers, 'de' means 'than'.
Hay más de cien personas.
There are more than a hundred people.
doscientos años
dohs-SYEHN-tohs AH-nyohs
two hundred years
'Doscientos' means two hundred. In Mexico the 'sc' sounds like a single 's': dos-SYEN-tos. In 'años', the 'ñ' sounds like 'ny': AH-nyos.
La casa tiene doscientos años.
The house is two hundred years old.
Words in this phrase
doscientos
[dohs-SYEHN-tohs]
two hundred
The number 200.
Cuesta doscientos pesos.
It costs two hundred pesos.
años
[AH-nyohs]
years
Plural of 'año'; used to talk about age.
Mi hermano tiene diez años.
My brother is ten years old.
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