décimo

This is the 10076th most frequent Portuguese word.


décimo

"Tenth."


In this sentence, 'décimo' signifies an ordinal number indicating position.

Eu sou o décimo a chegar na festa.

I am the tenth to arrive at the party.


Here, 'décima' is used as an ordinal adjective agreeing in gender with the feminine noun 'vez' to describe frequency.

É a décima vez que visito este lugar.

It is the tenth time I visit this place.


In this case, 'décimo' is a fraction describing a part of a whole.

Consegui um desconto de um décimo do valor total.

I got a discount of one tenth of the total value.