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Counting Little Kisses in Spanish

Helping your child learn larger numbers through play and affection. This guide covers numbers from 11 up to 100 in common daily activities.

What you'll learn

¡Once besos para ti!
Eleven kisses for you!
'Once' sounds like 'on-seh'.
¡Doce aplausitos!
Twelve little claps!
'Aplausitos' is the diminutive of 'aplausos' (claps).
¡Trece bloques en la caja!
Thirteen blocks in the box!
'Bloques' is used for building blocks.
¡Catorce patos en el estanque!
Fourteen ducks on the pond!
'Catorce' sounds like 'cah-tor-seh'.
¡Quince pasos hacia el árbol!
Fifteen steps to the tree!
'Pasos' means steps.
¡Veinte burbujas en tu baño!
Twenty bubbles in your bath!
'Veinte' is twenty.
¡Vamos a contar hasta cincuenta!
Let's count to fifty!
'Cincuenta' is fifty.
¡Cien mimos para ti!
One hundred cuddles for you!
'Mimos' refers to cuddles, snuggles, or affection.

Tildi plays every phrase out loud, tests you in five-minute lessons and builds them into bedtime stories from your own picture books.

Once, Doce, Trece, Catorce, Quince

11, 12, 13, 14, 15

These numbers have unique names ending in -ce.

Dieci-

Ten and...

Prefix used for 16-19 (e.g., dieciséis).

Veinte

Twenty

Becomes 'veinti-' when adding numbers (e.g., veintidós).

Cien

One hundred

Use 'cien' for exactly 100; 'ciento' if followed by another number.

11-15 are unique. 16-19 combine 'diez' (ten) and the digit.

Use	Form	Example
11-15	once, doce, trece, catorce, quince	Tengo quince juguetes.
16-19	dieciséis, diecisiete, dieciocho, diecinueve	Hay dieciocho patos.

Starting at 30, we use the tens word + 'y' (and) + the digit.

Tienes veintidós pegatinas.

You have twenty-two stickers.

Notice 'veintidós' is written as one word.

Cuarenta y cinco segundos.

Forty-five seconds.

Counting time during games.

Hay sesenta hormigas.

There are sixty ants.

Sesenta sounds like seventy (setenta), so listen closely!