No. 1,022 in Spanish
aproximadamente
Approximately.
In a sentence
En la fiesta asistieron aproximadamente cincuenta personas.
Approximately fifty people attended the party.
Here, 'aproximadamente' modifies the number 'fifty,' indicating an estimated quantity.
El viaje dura aproximadamente tres horas en coche.
The trip takes approximately three hours by car.
In this sentence, 'aproximadamente' adds an approximate duration to the temporal expression 'three hours.'
La distancia entre ambos lugares es de aproximadamente dos kilómetros.
The distance between both places is approximately two kilometers.
'Aproximadamente' in this context specifies an estimated measure of the distance 'two kilometers.'
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