diez por ciento
/djeθ poɾ θjento/from spelling rules
Ten percent in Spanish is diez por ciento.
This phrase expresses a quantity that is one tenth of a whole.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of diez (ten), por (per/by) and ciento (hundred), which literally means 'ten per hundred'.
How does it change in a sentence?
To say 'ten percent of [something]', use the preposition de after the phrase: diez por ciento de. Additionally, when referring to a specific ten percent as a noun or a subject, it is common to use the masculine article el, resulting in el diez por ciento.
How do you pronounce it?
/djeθ poɾ θjento/
Did you know?
- In Spanish, the word ciento is used for percentages, but if you are counting to one hundred as a whole number, you use the word cien.
- In many Spanish-speaking countries, when calculating a tip or a discount, people may simply say el diez as a shorthand for el diez por ciento.
- When using diez por ciento as a noun, the article el is used even if the ten percent refers to a group of people or things that are feminine.
Examples in context
- La vida es diez por ciento lo que te pasa y noventa por ciento cómo tú respondes a eso.Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.This sentence uses diez por ciento to illustrate a philosophical proportion of life.Tatoeba #5427279 by Omnivoro, translation #5427268 by Adelpa
- Diez es el diez por ciento de cien.Ten is ten percent of one hundred.This sentence uses diez por ciento to demonstrate a mathematical calculation.Tatoeba #4156161 by mervert1, translation #2163145 by Source_VOA
- El diez por ciento de la población no trabaja.Ten percent of the population does not work.This sentence uses diez por ciento to describe a portion of a population.Tatoeba #10311303 by carlosalberto, translation #10311288 by carlosalberto
- En la reunión de negocio, el descuento será del diez por ciento.In the business meeting, the discount will be ten percent.
Example conversation
Lucía and Javier are talking about a discount at a clothing store.
- LucíaMira, esta camisa tiene un diez por ciento de descuento.Look, this shirt has a ten percent discount.
- JavierEs muy poco, yo quería algo más barato.It's very little, I wanted something cheaper.
- LucíaPero el diez por ciento ya es un ahorro.But ten percent is already a saving.
- JavierTienes razón, Lucía, vamos a comprarla.You are right, Lucía, let's buy it.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
