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Asturian
Pronunciation
Noun
década f (plural décaes)
- decade (a period of ten years)
- Synonym: deceniu
Galician
Pronunciation
Noun
década f (plural décadas)
- decade
- Synonym: decenio
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin decādem, from Ancient Greek δεκάς (dekás).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛkɐdɐ, (most of Brazil) -ɛkadɐ, (Southern Brazil) -ɛkada
- Hyphenation: dé‧ca‧da
Noun
década f (plural décadas)
- ten (set or group with ten elements)
- Synonyms: dezena, dezeno
- decade
- Synonym: decénio
- a década de 1980 ― the 1980s
See also
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin decās, from Ancient Greek δεκάς (dekás).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdekada/
- Rhymes: -ekada
- Syllabification: dé‧ca‧da
Noun
década f (plural décadas)
- decade
- Synonym: decenio
- en la década de 1960 ― in the 1960s
See also
Further reading