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percento

percent

noun per-CHEN-toh Rare
Numbers & Measures Quantities

Usage Note

Percento is typically invariable and is always preceded by a number — il dieci percento (ten percent). It is sometimes written as per cento (two words). The word percentuale (percentage, as a proportion) is the related noun used more broadly.

Examples

"Il venti percento degli studenti è straniero."

Natural Translation

Twenty percent of the students are foreign.

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