heypolyglot
Italian

venti

/ˈven.ti/numberA1
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Meaning

twenty

  • the number 20
  • twenty years old

In a sentence

Ho venti minuti.

I have twenty minutes.

Sono le venti?

Is it eight p.m.?

Non costa venti euro.

It doesn’t cost twenty euros.

Usage notes

  • Used for quantity, age, dates, and time expressions.
  • Before uno and otto in compound numbers, the final vowel drops: ventuno, ventotto.
  • As a time expression, venti can mean twenty minutes in context.
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