The Spanish word “cuarenta” means “forty” in English. It is spelled “c-u-a-r-e-n-t-a”. The word “cuarenta” is used to describe a quantity of forty, such as forty people, forty dollars, or forty minutes. It can also be used to describe a time of day, such as “las cuatro de la tarde” (four o’clock in the afternoon).
The word “cuarenta” is derived from the Latin word “quadraginta”, which also means “forty”. The word “quadraginta” is thought to be derived from the Proto-Indo-European word “*ketwer-“, which means “four”.
