tercio
Spanish, noun
tercio is spelled T-E-R-C-I-O (6 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,155th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tercio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “third, one of three equal parts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of terciar. With an accent, terció is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of terciar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lío o paquete grande de productos u objetos, especialmente para su transporte”.
What does tercio mean in English?
adjective
- 1
third, one of three equal parts
noun
- 1
masculinethird, one of three equal parts
- 2
masculinetercio
- 3
masculine0.33 liter bottle of beer
A mí me pones un tercio.
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of terciar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of terciar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que es una de las tres partes iguales en que se divide algo. 2. Que sigue al segundo en una serie. Ordinal del tres.
noun: 1. Lío o paquete grande de productos u objetos, especialmente para su transporte. 2. Botella o recipiente capaz de contener una cantidad de líquido equivalente a un tercio₁ de litro. 3. Unidad base que componía el ejército español durante el Renacimiento.
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 tercio
- tercia feminine
- tercios masculine plural
- tercias feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to tercio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tercio in Spanish?
tercio appears 12 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).