decena

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decena
feminine noun
1ten
  • una decena de… -> about ten…; (unas diez) ten… (diez)
  • las víctimas se cuentan por decenas -> there have been dozens of casualties
  • estos tornillos se venden por decenas -> these screws are sold in tens

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decena [day-thay’-nah]
noun
1Ten. (f)
  • Una decena de barcos -> about ten ships
  • Contar por decenas -> to count in tens
2Company or party of ten persons. (Province; Provinicial) (f)
3Consonance made of an octave and a third; a tenth. (Music) (f)
adjective
1Tenth, ordinal of ten.

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decena
sustantivo:femenino
1 (diez)
alrededor de diez
una decena de barcos (diez) ten ships; (aproximadamente diez) some about ten ships;o decenas de miles de manifestantes tens of thousands of demonstrators
2 decenas (Matemáticas) tens
contar por decenas to count in tens; vender por decenas to sell in tens

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