tercio
See also: terció
English
Noun
tercio (plural tercios)
- (bullfighting) Any of the three stages of a bullfight: the vara, the banderilla and finally the death.
- (military) A mutually supportive infantry formation made up of pikemen, swordsmen and arquebusiers or musketeers.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈteɾθjo/ [ˈt̪eɾ.θjo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈteɾsjo/ [ˈt̪eɾ.sjo]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -eɾθjo
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -eɾsjo
- Syllabification: ter‧cio
Etymology 1
30[a], [b] | ||
[a], [b] ← 2 | 3 | 4 → |
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Cardinal: tres Ordinal: tercero Apocopated ordinal: tercer Ordinal abbreviation: 3.º Multiplier: triple Fractional: tercio | ||
Spanish Wikipedia article on 3 |
Adjective
tercio (feminine tercia, masculine plural tercios, feminine plural tercias)
- (fractional number) third, one of three equal parts
Noun
tercio m (plural tercios)
- (fractional number) third, one of three equal parts
- (bullfighting) tercio
- 0.33 liter bottle of beer
- Coordinate term: caña
- A mí me pones un tercio.
- Give me a beer.
Usage notes
- This word is used to express the denominator of a fraction:
- Un tercio del total de la población sufre de obesidad.
- A third of the population is obese.
- The adjective tercero can also be used in this sense, but it should be accompanied by an auxiliary noun such as parte:
- Me comí la tercera parte del pastel.
- I ate the third part of the cake.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “tercio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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