Spanish Conversation · Level 88
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Spanish word
proporción
Pronunciation
IPA/pɾopoɾˈθjon/
Meaning
- feminine nounproportion
Example
La proporción de estudiantes que aprobaron el examen fue alta.
The proportion of students who passed the exam was high.
More examples
¿Qué proporción de la población usa transporte público diariamente?
What proportion of the population uses public transportation daily?
Core concept
Part of a whole expressed as a ratio, fraction, or percentage.
Common phrases
proporción del total
proportion of the total
proporción entre hombres y mujeres
proportion of men to women
alta proporción
high proportion
Similar words
porcentaje: Share of a whole expressed per one hundred.
parte: One piece or portion obtained when a whole is divided.
tasa: Measure of how often something occurs relative to a defined base or unit.
fracción: Part of a whole written as a fraction with numerator and denominator.
Definition in Spanish
Medida que indica qué parte de un todo corresponde a una cantidad, expresada como fracción, razón o porcentaje.
Word origin
From Latin proportio (pro- + portio 'portion'), originally denoting a measured part in relation to the whole.
Usage tips
- Not the same as porcentaje: porcentaje always means 'per hundred', while proporción can be a fraction, ratio, or percentage, so specify the base when giving figures.
Opposites
- desproporcióndisproportionnoun
Related words
- proporcionalproportionaladjective
- proporcionalidadproportionalitynoun
- proporcionalmenteproportionallyadverb