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How do you say..."How old do you think the boy was?"

I am describing a work of art and need to ask the audience a question. Thanks for any help! I'm thinking it goes something like...

"Cuantos años tiene el niño?"

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updated Sep 18, 2010
edited by ojweoi
posted by ojweoi

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"Cuántos años tiene el niño?" How old is the boy?

¿Cuántos años creéis/creen que tenía el niño? "How old do you think the boy was?"

("creéis" when talking to an audience in an informal way - only used in Spain ..... "creen" - everywhere else)

Don't forget the "tilde" in "Cuántos" when used in a question.

updated Sep 18, 2010
edited by patch
posted by patch
thank you! - ojweoi, Sep 18, 2010
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¿Cuántos años creeis/crees que tiene el niño?

¿Cuántos años creeis/crees que tenía el niño?

¿Cuantos años aparenta el niño?

¿Qué edad os/te parece que tiene el niño?

Informally: ¿Cuántos años le echas/echais a este niño?

I hope this helps

updated Sep 18, 2010
posted by cogumela
thank you! - ojweoi, Sep 18, 2010
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Hello OJweio Welcome to the forum grin

What you have said makes sense and it would translate as: How old is the boy? which would be understood by your audience.

However what you have asked for is How old do you think the boy is?

I believe it would be closer to this translation:

¿Cuántos años creen que tenía el níno?

updated Sep 18, 2010
edited by FELIZ77
posted by FELIZ77
thank you! - ojweoi, Sep 18, 2010
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¿Cuántos años creéis que el niño tenía?

updated Sep 18, 2010
edited by kenwilliams
posted by kenwilliams
thank you! - ojweoi, Sep 18, 2010
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thank you very much for the help!

updated Sep 18, 2010
posted by ojweoi
cogumela's Spanish is clearly better than mine. I suspect that she is a native speaker - patch, Sep 18, 2010