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LA EDAD AGE |
If you want to find out how old someone is, the question to ask would be:
| ¿Cuántos años tienes? | How old are you? | (colloquial) |
| ¿Cuántos años tiene usted? | How old are you? | (formal) |
You can also use:
| ¿Qué edad tienes? | What’s your age? | (colloquial) |
| ¿Qué edad tiene usted? | What’s your age? | (formal) |
The answer to either of the 2 questions is:
| Tengo treinta años | I’m thirty |
| Treinta | Thirty |
If we describe someone and we refer to their age we can use the following expression:
| Una mujer de cuarenta años | A forty year old woman |
| Un bebé de tres meses | A 3-month old baby |
And if we don’t know the exact age we can say "around" or simply say they are young or old:
| Tiene unos veinte años | She is around twenty |
| Un chico joven | A young man |
| Un señor mayor | An old man |
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