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| Principal Translations |
twenty-one,
21 n | (cardinal number: 21) | veintiuno nm |
| | Twenty-one comes before twenty-two. |
| | El veintiuno viene antes del veintidós. |
twenty-one,
21 adj | (21 in number) | veintiún, veintiuna adj |
| | Yesterday I saw twenty-one birds in the tree in my backyard. |
| | Ayer vi veintiún pájaros en el árbol de mi patio. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Hay veintiuna personas en este salón. |
twenty-one,
21 adj | (21 years of age) (informal) | veintiuno pron |
| | | veintiún años loc nom mpl |
| | In many states of the US, you must be twenty-one to buy alcohol. |
| | En muchos estados de Estados Unidos tienes que tener veintiuno para comprar alcohol. |
twenty-one,
21 pron | (people, things: 21 of them) | veintiún, veintiuna pron |
| | Twenty-one of the thirty positions have already been filled. |
| 21 n | US, written (twenty-first day of specified month) | el 21 loc prnl |
| | | el veintiuno loc prnl |
| Note: The example would be spoken "March twenty-first". |
| | The heads of state are meeting to discuss this issue on March 21. |
| | Los funcionarios de Gobierno se van a reunir a discutir el tema el 21 de marzo. |
| 21 n | mainly UK, written (twenty-first day of specified month) | el 21 loc prnl |
| | | el veintiuno loc prnl |
| Note: The example would be spoken as "(the) twenty-first of December". This date format is most commonly used in the UK, though it is gaining popularity in the US. |
| | I finish work on 21 December and will be on holiday for two weeks. |
| | Termino de trabajar el 21 de diciembre y voy a estar de vacaciones por dos semanas. |
'twenty-one' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
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