tercero

See also: Tercero

Asturian

Adjective

tercero

1. neuter of terceru

Spanish

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	30
←  2	3	4  →
Cardinal: tres     Ordinal: tercero     Apocopated ordinal: tercer     Ordinal abbreviation: 3.º     Multiplier: triple     Fractional: tercio
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Alternative forms

• 3.º m, 3.ª f (adjective, first, abbreviation)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tertiārius, from tertius. Doublet of terciario, a borrowing from the same source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /teɾˈθeɾo/ [t̪eɾˈθe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /teɾˈseɾo/ [t̪eɾˈse.ɾo]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: ter‧ce‧ro

Adjective

tercero (masculine singular before a noun tercer, feminine tercera, masculine plural terceros, feminine plural terceras)

1. (ordinal number) third

Usage notes

• Most Spanish adjectives appear after the modified noun when used attributively. Forms of tercero, however, as with all ordinal numerals, can appear before the modified noun.
• When used before a masculine singular noun, the apocopate form tercer is used instead of tercero:

Es el tercer hijo.

[He] is the third son.

Es el hijo tercero.

[He] is the third son.

• This adjective is often used substantively, with the modified noun implied but omitted.

¿Cuál hijo es? Es el tercero.

Which son is [he]? [He] is the third [son].

Derived terms

• a la tercera va la vencida
• cada tercer día
• de tercera
• la tercera es la vencida
• por tercera mano
• primo tercero
• sobrina tercera
• sobrino tercero
• tercer mundo
• tercer Reich
• tercera edad
• Tercera Guerra Mundial
• tercera parte
• tercera persona
• tercera vía
• tía tercera
• tío tercero

 

Noun

tercero m (plural terceros)

1. (law) third party
2. mediator

   Synonym: mediador

See also

• tercera (“musical third”)
• tercio

 

Further reading

• “tercero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

• certero