No. 8,542 in Catalan

dècim

"Tenth" or "lottery ticket."

In a sentence

Vaig comprar un dècim de loteria per al sorteig de Nadal.
I bought a lottery ticket for the Christmas draw.
Here, 'dècim' refers to a lottery ticket, used in the context of traditional lotteries in Catalan culture.
El dècim dia de viatge va ser el més emocionant.
The tenth day of the trip was the most exciting.
In this sentence, 'dècim' is used as an ordinal number, meaning 'tenth' to describe the day.
Després de l'etapa, va arribar dècim en la competició.
After the stage, he arrived tenth in the competition.
Here, 'dècim' denotes position in a ranking or sequence, in this case, 'tenth' place.

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