No. 3,868 in Spanish
tercio
"Tercio" means "third" or "one-third" in English.
In a sentence
Un tercio de los estudiantes llegaron tarde.
A third of the students arrived late.
Here, "tercio" is used to indicate a fraction or proportion of a whole, specifically one-third.
En la Edad Media, un tercio era una unidad militar española.
In the Middle Ages, a tercio was a Spanish military unit.
"Tercio" in this context refers to a historical term meaning a type of Spanish armed formation.
Cambiamos el tercio de la conversación para hablar de algo más relajado.
We shifted the topic of conversation to something more relaxed.
In this sentence, "tercio" is part of the phrase "cambiar el tercio," meaning to change the subject or direction of the conversation.
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