Es un milagro que haya llegado entero después de pasar por ese camino lleno de baches.It's a miracle that it got here in once piece after coming down that road full of potholes.

3. (serene)

a. composed

Estaba entero cuando se enteró, pero más tarde perdió los estribos.He was composed when he found out, but later lost his temper.

4. (honest)

a. upright

Puedes confiar en Lucy; es una mujer entera.You can trust Lucy; she's an upright woman.

5. (mathematics)

a. whole

Hay que aprender a sumar números enteros antes de aprender a sumar fracciones.You have to learn to add whole numbers before learning to add fractions.

b. integral

El cero es un número entero.Zero is an integral number.

A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g. el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).

masculine noun

6. (mathematics)

a. integer

¿Cuál es el entero más cerca de 1.51?What is the integer closest to 1.51?

b. whole number

Un entero con una fracción se llama un número mixto.A whole number with a fraction is called a mixed number.

7. (stock market)

a. point

La bolsa de valores bajó diez enteros por las noticias de la guerra en Europa.The stock market fell two points because of the news of the war in Europe.

8. (debt payment)

Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.

(Latin America)

a. payment

¡Aleluya! Hice mi último entero.Hallelujah! I made my last payment.

entero

An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).

adjective

1. (completo)

a. whole

vi la película enteraI watched the whole film

el edificio/país enterothe entire o whole building/country

es de mi entera confianzashe has my complete confidence

por enteroentirely, completely

2. (sin desperfecto)

a. in one piece

este cristal está enterothis pane hasn't been broken

3. (sereno)

a. composed

se mostró muy entero en el juiciohe was very composed at the trial

4. (honrado)

a. upright, honest

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

5. (stock market)

a. point

entero

adjective

1 (completo) whole; entire

se comió el paquete entero de galletas he ate the whole o entire packet of biscuits; se pasa el día entero quejándose he spends the whole o entire day complaining; es famoso en el mundo entero he's famous the whole world over; he's famous all over the world

por entero wholly; fully; me dediqué por entero a la investigación I devoted myself wholly o fully to research

3 (Matemáticas) whole; integral

4 [+persona] (íntegro) upright; (sereno) composed

un hombre muy entero a man of great integrity; a very upright man; estuvo muy entera durante el funeral she was very composed o she kept her composure during the funeral

5 (And) (Centroamérica) (Caribe) (idéntico) identical; similar

está entero a su papá he's just like his dad; he's the spitting image of his dad

6 (no castrado) entire

1 (Matemáticas) integer; whole number

2 (Com) (Economía) point

las acciones han subido dos enteros the shares have gone up two points

3 (Latinoamérica) (pago) payment

4 (S. Cone) (Economía) balance

5 (Arg) boilersuit

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Examples

Phrases

el mundo entero	the whole world
eres mi mundo entero	you're my whole world
pollo entero	whole chicken
el día entero	the whole day
todo entero	whole
día entero	whole day
número entero	integer