edad
nounBeginnerHigh frequency
What does “edad” mean in English?
age
Example sentences
¿Cuál es tu edad?
What's your age? (formal)
Tengo veinte años.
I'm twenty (years old).
Mayor de edad.
Of legal age.
How to use it
Edad means 'age'. Feminine: la edad. Used in formal contexts; for casual speech use 'años' with tener: 'tengo X años'.
Common mistake
For 'how old are you?' the casual form is '¿cuántos años tienes?', NOT '¿qué edad tienes?'. Edad is more formal/written.
Topics
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Reference
This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 1.