English–Spanish

“one third” in Spanish

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA/ˈteɾθjo/

Example

Dedico un tercio de mi día al estudio.

I spend one third of my day studying.

Illustration for tercio (one third)

How to say “one third” in Spanish

“One third” in Spanish is tercio.

A one-third share of a quantity.

Full entry for tercio: usage tips, similar words and word origin

Example sentences with tercio

Queda solo un tercio de la pizza.

Only one third of the pizza remains.

Tips for using tercio

  • Tercio is a noun while tercero is the ordinal and shortens to tercer before a masculine singular noun, as in tercer piso.

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