No. 69 in Czech
procenta
"Procenta" means "percent" or "percentage" in English.
In a sentence
Míra inflace vzrostla o dvě procenta.
The inflation rate increased by two percent.
Here, 'procenta' is used in its plural form to denote the magnitude of change in the inflation rate.
Potřebujeme získat alespoň 70 procenta hlasů.
We need to gain at least 70 percent of the votes.
In this context, 'procenta' quantifies a portion or fraction of a whole, in this case, the votes.
Výsledky testu ukazují, že 95 procenta studentů bylo úspěšných.
The test results show that 95 percent of the students were successful.
The word 'procenta' is again used to express a part of a whole only this time related to the success rate of students.
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