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Numbers with nouns in Spanish
In Spanish, nouns can be preceded by numbers.
Read and listen to these examples:
In the examples above, the number is invariable and never changes its form, whether referring to masculine or feminine nouns.
Careful:
Uno becomes un, una, when placed before a noun, and it can mean "one" or "a".
Now, look at these other examples with bigger numbers:
Note that in the examples above, whole hundreds from 200 onwards (200, 300, 400, 500, 600, etc.) agree with the noun they precede. Be careful because with other hundreds like 203, 345, etc., the tens and units do not change, just the hundreds!
Special case: one hundred = cien
Number 100 in Spanish is invariable whether accompanying masculine or feminine nouns. Have a look:
However, when it is more than one hundred it takes a different form: ciento.
Have a look:
It remains the same whether masculine or feminine.
See also Using plural definite article + number + noun and Expressing large numbers in Spanish: hundreds, thousands, millions and billions
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