forty in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for forty in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.forty [Am ˈfɔrdi, Brit ˈfɔːti] N

forty

cuarenta m

II.forty [Am ˈfɔrdi, Brit ˈfɔːti] ADJ

forty

cuarenta adj inv

See also seventy

I.seventy [Am ˈsɛvən(t)i, Brit ˈsɛv(ə)nti] N

seventy

setenta m

there were seventy of us

éramos setenta

during the seventies

en la década de los setenta

during the seventies

en los (años) setenta

he's in his seventies

tiene unos setenta y tantos años

he's in his seventies

tiene setenta y pico de años inf

temperatures in the lower seventies

temperaturas de entre setenta y setenta y cinco grados Fahrenheit

temperatures in the upper seventies

temperaturas de entre setenta y cinco y ochenta grados Fahrenheit

attr seventies fashions

modas fpl de los (años) setenta

seventies music

música f de los (años) setenta

II.seventy [Am ˈsɛvən(t)i, Brit ˈsɛv(ə)nti] ADJ

seventy

setenta adj inv

there were seventy people

había setenta personas

forty-five [fɔrdiˈfaɪv] N

1. forty-five AUDIO:

forty-five

disco m de 45 revoluciones

forty-five

cuarenta y cinco m

2. forty-five (pistol):

forty-five esp Am

pistola f de calibre 45

3. forty-five (in UK history):

the Forty-five

la rebelión jacobita

Translations for forty in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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cuadragenario (cuadragenaria)

forty-year-old attr

cuarenta

forty

cuarenta

forty

cuarenta

number forty

una cuarentena de personas

about forty people

ya entró en la cuarentena

she's already turned forty

echarse o pegarse una pestañada Chil inf

to have forty winks inf

me voy a echar un motoso después de comer

I'm going to have forty winks o a nap after lunch inf

me voy a echar un pistito

I'm going to have forty winks Brit

echó un camaroncito

he had forty winks

forty in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for forty in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.forty [ˈfɔ:ti, Am ˈfɔ:rt̬i] -ies ADJ

forty

cuarenta

II.forty [ˈfɔ:ti, Am ˈfɔ:rt̬i] -ies N

forty

cuarenta m

See also eighty

I.eighty [ˈeɪti, Am -t̬i] -ies ADJ

eighty

ochenta inv

he is eighty (years old)

tiene ochenta años

a man of about eighty years of age

un hombre de unos ochenta años

II.eighty [ˈeɪti, Am -t̬i] -ies N

1. eighty (number):

eighty

ochenta m

to do eighty inf

ir a 80 km por hora

2. eighty (age):

a woman in her eighties

una mujer en sus ochenta

3. eighty (decade):

the eighties

los (años) ochenta

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to have forty winks inf

echarse una siestecita

Translations for forty in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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cuadragenario (-a)

forty-year-old

cuadragenario (-a)

forty-year-old (person)

hit-parade

top forty

cuarentón (-ona)

forty-year-old

cuarenta

forty

cuarenta

forty

inglete

forty-five degree angle

una cuarentena de veces

about forty times

no consiguió un trabajo fijo hasta que cumplió 40 años

he/she didn't get a steady job until he/she was forty

tiene cuarenta y pico de años

he/she is forty-something

forty Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be on the right side of forty

tener menos de cuarenta años

to work a forty-hour week

tener una semana laboral de cuarenta horas

to have forty winks inf

echarse una siestecita

he/she didn't get a steady job until he/she was forty

no consiguió un trabajo fijo hasta que cumplió 40 años

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

After some forty years, it became a bi-weekly.

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Candidates must be at least forty years of age.

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Nearly forty prisoners ended their days in this place.

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Forty percent loss of normal body weight will usually result in death.

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Twenty to forty people could gather in such a shelter.

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As a partnership they managed the hotel for over forty years.

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He would go on to make over one hundred league appearances for them, and one season managed to be ever-present, starting all forty-four league games.

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He recorded over forty albums in his career and sold over three million records worldwide.

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Both policies contain forty priority issues that required short term attention and an additional twenty-seven requiring attention within the next decade.

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Forty households are registered here and about 700 tourists a day come to visit.

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