porcentaje

Spanish

Etymology

From por ciento +‎ -aje.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poɾθenˈtaxe/ [poɾ.θẽn̪ˈt̪a.xe] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /poɾsenˈtaxe/ [poɾ.sẽn̪ˈt̪a.xe] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -axe
• Syllabification: por‧cen‧ta‧je

Noun

porcentaje m (plural porcentajes)

1. percentage

Related terms

• porcentual

Further reading

• “porcentaje”, 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