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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