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cinquantina

about fifty

noun cheen-kwahn-TEE-nah Rare

Also means

one's fifties

Usage Note

Cinquantina is a collective approximate numeral: una cinquantina di persone means 'about fifty people'. It is also used for a person's age bracket: essere sulla cinquantina means 'to be around fifty years old'. Similar forms: ventina (~20), trentina (~30), quarantina (~40). Always feminine.

Examples

"C'era una cinquantina di persone in sala."

Natural Translation

There were about fifty people in the hall.

Literal Translation

There-was a fifty-or-so of people in hall.

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