veinte

/ˈbeinte/, [ˈbẽĩn̪.t̪e]

twenty


Examples
  • Japón ahora es muy diferente a lo que era hace veinte años.

    Japan is now very different from what it was twenty years ago.

  • La aritmética es ser capaz de contar hasta veinte sin quitarte los zapatos.

    Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without taking off your shoes.

  • Se tarda veinte minutos andando de la estación a la escuela.

    It takes twenty minutes to walk from the station to school.

  • Se ha dicho que un hombre a los diez es un animal; a los veinte, un lunático; a los treinta, un error; a los cuarenta, un fraude; y a los cincuenta, un criminal.

    It has been said that a man at ten is an animal, at twenty a lunatic, at thirty a failure, at forty a fraud, and at fifty a criminal.

  • Tom todavía usa el mismo talle de jeans que usaba cuando tenía veinte años.

    Tom can still wear the same size jeans he did when he was twenty years old.

  • La denuncia será presentada a la justicia dentro de veinte días.

    The claim is to be reported to justice within twenty days.

  • A pesar de que ya cumplió veinte años, todavía es demasiado tímido para hablar con las chicas.

    Even though he has turned twenty, he's still too timid to chat with girls.

  • Tengo unos veinte mil reales guardados en el banco, pero no pienso tocar ese dinero hasta que mi hijo termine el secundario.

    I have twenty thousand reals saved up in the bank, but I don't think I can touch the money until my son finishes high school.

  • Él está perdido en el siglo veinte.

    He is lost in the twentieth century.

  • Quiero hacer una llamada local, el número es el veinte--treinta y seis--cuarenta y ocho.

    I want to make a local call, number 20-36-48.

  • Invité a veinte personas a mi fiesta pero ninguno de ellos vino.

    I asked twenty people to my party but not all of them came.

  • Tom suele irse a la cama a las once menos veinte.

    Tom usually goes to bed at ten-forty.

  • El edificio tiene veinte pisos.

    The building has twenty floors.

  • Más de veinte jóvenes fueron allá.

    More than twenty boys went there.

  • Las gafas de sol cuestan veinte euros.

    The sunglasses cost twenty euros.

  • China es veinte veces más grande que Japón.

    China is twenty times as large as Japan.

  • "La guía para idiotas de cómo matar a un tiburón con las manos desnudas" y "las veinte formas de estrangular a un calamar gigante", ambos de Cristóbal Colón, llegaron a convertirse en best sellers.

    Christopher Columbus's "The Idiot's Guide to Killing a Shark Barehanded" and "The Twenty Ways to Strangle a Giant Squid" both went on to become bestsellers.

  • La Policía te meterá entre rejas por veinte años.

    The police will put you behind bars for twenty years.

  • Mi familia ha vivido aquí durante veinte años.

    My family have lived here for twenty years.

  • Hay que arreglar este reloj. Se adelanta veinte minutos en un día.

    This watch needs repairing. It gains 20 minutes a day.


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