No. 8,660 in Spanish

segundo

"Segundo" means "second" in English.

In a sentence

Espera un segundo, necesito terminar esto.
Wait a second, I need to finish this.
Here, 'segundo' is used to refer to a short unit of time, 'a second', in a colloquial expression indicative of a brief pause.
Ella obtuvo el segundo lugar en la competencia.
She got second place in the competition.
'Segundo' is used as an ordinal number indicating the position in sequence, here meaning 'second' or '2nd place'.
El segundo capítulo del libro es muy interesante.
The second chapter of the book is very interesting.
In this sentence, 'segundo' again serves as an ordinal number, specifying the sequential order of chapters in the book.

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