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No. 2,556 in Spanish

centímetros

Centímetros: centimeters, a unit of length in the metric system equal to one hundredth of a meter.

In a sentence

  • La estantería tiene un ancho de setenta centímetros.

    The bookshelf has a width of seventy centimeters.

    dimensions

  • Moví el sofá algunos centímetros hacia la izquierda.

    I moved the sofa a few centimeters to the left.

    small measurement for positioning

  • Necesitamos cortar unos dos centímetros de la tabla para que encaje.

    We need to cut about two centimeters off the board for it to fit.

    adjusting size

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