tercio

/ˈteɾθjo/, [ˈt̪eɾ.θjo]

third


Noun tercio m (plural tercios)

  1. third, one of three equal parts
  2. (bullfighting) tercio
  3. 0.33 liter bottle of beer

Verb tercio

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of terciar.

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • Aproximadamente un tercio de la superficie de la Tierra es suelo firme.

    About one third of the earth's surface is land.

  • Si vas en autobús, puedes llegar allí en más o menos un tercio del tiempo.

    If you go by bus, you can get there in about one-third of the time.

  • Un tercio de nueve es tres.

    One third of nine is three.

  • Aunque CFIT fue responsable de poco más de un tercio de los accidentes en los pasados seis años, causó el 53% de todas las muertes.

    Although CFIT accounted for just over a third of crashes in the past six years, it caused 53% of the deaths.

  • Cerca de un tercio de estas enfermedades pueden ser curadas, pero las otras pueden ser serias, o incluso fatales.

    About a third of these diseases can be cured, but the others may be serious, or even fatal.

  • Un tercio de los niños que mueren antes de la edad de cinco años mueren de desnutrición.

    One third of children who die before the age of 5 die from malnutrition.

  • Apenas un tercio del país tiene acceso a la red.

    Barely a third of the population in this country have access to the Internet.

  • De los seis miembros, un tercio son mujeres.

    Out of the 6 members, a third are women.

  • La población de España es aproximadamente un tercio de la de Japón.

    The population of Spain is about one-third as large as that of Japan.

  • Un tercio es menos que un medio.

    A third is less than a half.

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