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How to Say ‘About eighteen people’ in Spain Spanish

Unas dieciocho personas

OO-nahs dyeh-see-OH-choh pehr-SOH-nahs

[OO-nahs dyeh-see-OH-choh pehr-SOH-nahs]

💬 Usage Tip: Putting unas before a number makes it approximate, like "about". Try unos veinte euros "about twenty euros".

Phrase Breakdown

Unas

[OO-nahs]

about / approximately

Before a number, 'unas' means roughly.

Example

Llegaremos en unas dos horas.

We'll arrive in about two hours.

dieciocho

[dyeh-see-OH-choh]

eighteen

The number 18, from 'diez' and 'ocho'.

Example

En España se vota con dieciocho años.

In Spain you vote at eighteen.

personas

[pehr-SOH-nahs]

people

Plural of 'persona'.

Example

Caben veinte personas.

Twenty people fit.

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