Spanish Conversation · Level 58
74 words
Spanish word
ordinal
Pronunciation
IPA/oɾðiˈnal/
Meaning
- masculine nounordinal number
Example
En clase vimos los ordinales: primero, segundo, tercero.
In class we saw the ordinal numbers: first, second, third.
More examples
¿Cuáles son los ordinales más usados en español?
Which ordinal numbers are most frequently used in Spanish?
Core concept
Label showing an item's position in a series.
Common phrases
los ordinales más usados
the most frequently used ordinals
lista de ordinales
list of ordinal numbers
Similar words
posición: Expresses a thing's place among others in a line or arrangement.
número cardinal: Expresses quantity by naming how many items there are.
orden: Defines the order or arrangement of elements or events.
puesto: Marks a person's or item's rank or assigned slot in a list or competition.
Definition in Spanish
Indica la posición de un elemento dentro de una serie u orden, por ejemplo primero, segundo, tercero.
Word origin
Spanish ordinal comes from Latin ordinalis 'pertaining to order', formed from ordo 'order' plus the suffix -alis.
Usage tips
- Ordinals function grammatically like adjectives: they agree in gender and number and normally precede the noun, and primero and tercero shorten to primer and tercer before a masculine singular noun.
Other meanings
- ordinaladjective
Opposites
- cardinalidadcardinalitynoun