dezena
Old Spanish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]dezena
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Semi-learned borrowing from Latin decēna.[1] By surface analysis, dez (“ten”) + -ena. Compare Spanish decena, French dizaine, and Italian decina.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]dezena f (plural dezenas)
- ten (set or group with ten elements)
- (informal) dozen (a large number)
- Já te disse isso uma dezena de vezes! ― I told you that a dozen times already!
Adjective
[edit]dezena
References
[edit]- ^ “dezena”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
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