No. 1,102 in Catalan
desena
"Desena" means "tenth" or "a group of ten" in English.
In a sentence
Ja és la desena vegada que intentem resoldre aquest problema.
It is already the tenth time we attempt to solve this problem.
Here, 'desena' is used as an ordinal number indicating the tenth occurrence of an event.
Ell va jugar la desena part del partit abans de descansar.
He played one-tenth of the match before resting.
In this sentence, 'desena' represents a fraction, indicating one-tenth of the match's duration or portion.
Des del cim, la vista de la desena casa va ser la més impressionant.
From the summit, the view of the tenth house was the most impressive.
'Desena' here functions as an adjective, describing which house in the sequence is being referred to, specifically the tenth one.
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