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Old October 25, 2012, 02:55 AM
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¿Cuántos años cumples?

Hi all,

¿cuántos años cumples/tienes?

What are the various ways to answer to this question in Spanish, from colloquial to official ?

Thanks for your answers !
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Old October 25, 2012, 08:38 AM
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Cumplo 34
Tengo 34

Or simply 34
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Old November 07, 2012, 08:40 AM
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Same age as my tongue, a bit older than my teeth.
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I knew the phrase tener sus abriles as a way to say a person "has some age on him (or her)" in a general sense, but just found out that more specifically tener XX abriles can mean "to be XX years old."
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Así es, 15 abriles, o 17 primaveras... (yo lo he oído sobre todo con chicas jóvenes...)
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