Phrase · 🤔 Opinion, doubt and probability

Tendrá unos cuarenta años.

She must be about forty.

B1expressing probabilityAudio · coming soon

Why every word is where it is

Tendrá1verbshe must be (have)tener · future · 3rd sing.unos2determinerabout (some)uno · masc. · pl. · indefinitecuarentadeterminerfortyañosnounyearsaño · masc. · pl..

Tendrá → años: tener + age
unos → años: m. pl.

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
tendrá: future of probability, a guess about someone’s age now. Future of probability: guesses about the present →
2
unos + number = about. Articles: el, la, un, una; al and del →

Variations

Debe de tener unos cuarenta años.