Meaning
ninety
- the number 90
- ninety years old
In a sentence
Il bisnonno ha novanta anni.
Great-grandpa is ninety years old.
Novanta minuti sono lunghi?
Are ninety minutes long?
Non pago novanta euro.
I’m not paying ninety euros.
Usage notes
- Used for quantity, age, dates, and time expressions.
- Before uno and otto in compound numbers, the final vowel drops: novantuno, novantotto.
- It is common with age: novanta anni.