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décimo

Spanish, noun/ˈdeθimo/

décimo is spelled D-É-C-I-M-O (6 letters) and appears 7.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 8,770th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Décimo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “tenth, ¹⁄₁₀” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Fracción de un billete de lotería dividido en diez (como en España)”.

What does décimo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    tenth

noun

  1. 1

    masculinetenth, ¹⁄₁₀

  2. 2

    Spainmasculineparticipation in the lottery

  3. 3

    masculineclipping of decimotercer mes; a bonus payment established by law (see Thirteenth salary)

  4. 4

    masculinerare10-centésimo coin

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

number: 1. Que ocupa el puesto siguiente al noveno en una serie ordenada. Ordinal del diez. 2. Que es una de diez partes iguales en las que se divide un todo.

noun: 1. Fracción de un billete de lotería dividido en diez (como en España). 2. Tipo de moneda de plata. 3. Variante anticuada de diezmo (impuesto o donación del diez por ciento de los ingresos).

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of décimo

  • décima feminine
  • décimos masculine plural
  • décimas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce décimo?

  • /ˈdeθimo/
  • [ˈd̪e.θi.mo]
  • /ˈdesimo/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to décimo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is décimo in Spanish?

décimo appears 7.6 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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