décimo

See also: decimo and decimò

Asturian

Adjective

décimo

1. neuter of décimu

Portuguese

Portuguese numbers ^(edit)

		100
←  1	[a], [b] ←  9	10	11  → [a], [b], [c]	20  →
		1
Cardinal: dez     Ordinal: décimo     Ordinal abbreviation: 10.º, 10º     Multiplier: décuplo     Fractional: décimo     Group: dezena
Portuguese Wikipedia article on 10

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese deçimo, borrowed from Latin decimus. Compare the inherited doublet dízimo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.si.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.si.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.si.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.si.mu/

• Hyphenation: dé‧ci‧mo

Adjective

décimo (feminine décima, masculine plural décimos, feminine plural décimas)

1. (ordinal number) tenth

Related terms

• decimal

Noun

décimo m (plural décimos)

1. (fractional number) tenth (one of ten parts of a whole)

Further reading

• “décimo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “décimo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Spanish numbers ^(edit)

		100
←  1	←  9	10	11  → [a], [b], [c]	20  →
		1
Cardinal: diez     Ordinal: décimo     Ordinal abbreviation: 10.º     Multiplier: décuplo     Fractional: décimo
Spanish Wikipedia article on 10

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin decimus. Compare the inherited doublet diezmo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeθimo/ [ˈd̪e.θi.mo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈdesimo/ [ˈd̪e.si.mo] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eθimo (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -esimo (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: dé‧ci‧mo

Adjective

décimo (feminine décima, masculine plural décimos, feminine plural décimas)

1. (ordinal number) tenth

Related terms

• decimal

Noun

décimo m (plural décimos)

1. (fractional number) tenth, ¹⁄₁₀
2. (Spain) participation in the lottery
3. (Panama) clipping of decimotercer mes; a bonus payment established by law (see Thirteenth salary)
4. (Panama, rare) 10-centésimo coin

   Synonym: (Panama) dáim

Further reading

• “décimo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025