uno por ciento
/uno poɾ θjento/from spelling rules
In Spanish, one percent is uno por ciento.
This phrase is used to express a quantity that is one part out of one hundred.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of uno (one), por (per/by) and ciento (hundred), literally meaning "one per hundred".
How does it change in a sentence?
When using the phrase as an adjective to modify a masculine noun, the word uno shortens to un, resulting in un por ciento. Additionally, within the fixed phrase por ciento, the word ciento remains in its singular form even if the number preceding it is plural.
How do you pronounce it?
/uno poɾ θjento/
Did you know?
- In social and political discussions across Spanish-speaking countries, el uno por ciento is a common shorthand to refer to the world's wealthiest elite.
- The word ciento in uno por ciento shares a deep ancestral root with the English word 'hundred'. Both descend from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱm̥tóm, which originally meant 'ten times ten'.
- While the phrase uno por ciento is read aloud for the symbol '%', the actual mathematical process of calculating a percentage is called porcentaje.
Examples in context
- El genio es uno por ciento de inspiración y noventa y nueve por ciento de transpiración.Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.This sentence uses uno por ciento to express a ratio between inspiration and perspiration.Tatoeba #1508342 by marcelostockle, translation #278964 by CK
- La genialidad es uno por ciento inspiración y noventa y nueve por ciento transpiración.Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.Tatoeba #1813458 by Sonoriuxo, translation #1813456 by Dejo
- Un mundo en el que el uno por ciento de la humanidad controla tanta riqueza como el otro 99 por ciento nunca será estable.A world in which one percent of humanity controls as much wealth as the other 99 percent will never be stable.This sentence uses uno por ciento to describe a specific portion of humanity.Tatoeba #8302033 by GuidoW, translation #5773999 by Hybrid
- uno por ciento de los encuestados expresa su insatisfacciónOne percent of the respondents express their dissatisfaction
- un poquito más del uno por cientoA little bit over one percent
- uno de cada cien personasOne out of every hundred people
- El uno por ciento de los ingresos será donado a obras benéficasOne percent of the income will be donated to charity
Example conversation
Alejandro and María are discussing a battery level on a phone.
- AlejandroMi teléfono tiene solo uno por ciento de batería.My phone only has one percent battery.
- MaríaTienes que cargarlo ahora mismo, Alejandro.You have to charge it right now, Alejandro.
- AlejandroTienes razón, se va a apagar en un segundo.You're right, it's going to turn off in a second.
- MaríaPronto estará al cien por ciento.Soon it will be at one hundred percent.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries ciento, por, uno, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
