Spanish Conversation · Level 58
74 words
Spanish word
veintena
Pronunciation
IPA/beinˈtena/
Meaning
- feminine nounabout twenty
Example
Encontré una veintena de libros en el desván.
I found about twenty books in the attic.
More examples
Al festival asistieron alrededor de una veintena de músicos.
Around twenty musicians attended the festival.
Core concept
A loose group of roughly twenty items.
Common phrases
una veintena de
about twenty
alrededor de una veintena de
around twenty
más o menos una veintena de
roughly twenty
Similar words
decena: Around ten items grouped together as an informal, approximate count.
docena: A set of twelve items counted as a dozen, often treated as a standard package.
Definition in Spanish
Refiere, de manera aproximada, a la cifra de veinte elementos.
Word origin
From Spanish veinte "twenty" plus the collective suffix -ena, with veinte ultimately from Latin viginti, so veintena denotes a collective of roughly twenty.
Usage tips
- Common in everyday speech as una veintena de + noun to express an approximate count and usually avoided in contexts that require exact numbers.