🇵🇹 Portuguese (EU) from 🇬🇧 English All Words
dez
A1 number Números
🇬🇧 English: ten
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Definição

🇵🇹 Portuguese (EU)
number

O número dez, representado pelos símbolos 10 e X, em algarismos arábicos e romanos respectivamente.

Definition

🇬🇧 English

The number 10. It comes after nine. Ten is the base of our decimal number system.

Gramática

🇵🇹 Portuguese (EU)

Gender: masculino. Plural: dezes.

🇬🇧 Ordinal: tenth. Common collocations: ten out of ten (a perfect score), ten-minute break, ten o'clock. The prefix 'deci-' means ten (decimal, decade = ten years, December was originally the tenth month).

Cultural Notes

🇬🇧 English

10 Downing Street is the official home and office of the British Prime Minister. 'A perfect ten' means someone or something is absolutely perfect. Counting 'ten to one' is used to build anticipation. The Ten Commandments are central to Christian and Jewish traditions.

Exemplos

Há dez livros para as pessoas usarem.

"Há dez livros para as pessoas usarem."

🇬🇧 "There are ten books for people to use."

Uma pessoa tem dez dedos.

"Uma pessoa tem dez dedos."

🇬🇧 "A person has ten fingers."

Complete a frase 🇵🇹 Portuguese (EU)

Há ___ livros para as pessoas usarem.

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