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How old are you?

To ask someone else's age in Spanish, use Cuántos años, then one of the entries in the table below (¿Cuántos años tienes? means "How old are you?", or more literally, "How many years do you have?")

To say someone's age in Spanish, you use the irregular verb tener (which means "to have"), then your age, then años (which means "years"). For example, Tengo trece años means "I have 13 years" or "I am 13 years old".

Note

• "Tenéis" would only be used in Spain. In all other countries one would use "Tienen" in both familiar and formal situations.

Examples

• Tengo veinte años

  I am 20 years old.

• ¿Cuántos años tienes?

  How old are you?

• Tiene ochenta y siete años.

  He is 87 years old.

• ¿Cuántos años tienen?

  How old are they?

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