Meaning
fifty
- the number 50
- fifty years old
In a sentence
La sala ha cinquanta posti.
The room has fifty seats.
Hai cinquanta euro?
Do you have fifty euros?
Non conosco cinquanta persone qui.
I don’t know fifty people here.
Usage notes
- Used for quantity, age, dates, and time expressions.
- Before uno and otto in compound numbers, the final vowel drops: cinquantuno, cinquantotto.
- It is invariable before nouns: cinquanta persone, cinquanta euro.