/ˈθinko/
Translation
five
Word origin
From Latin quinque ('five'). The same Indo-European root gives English 'five' and Latin-derived 'quintet' and 'cinque'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- quinque
- English cognates
- five, quintet, cinque
Examples
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I have five brothers and two sisters.
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The meeting starts at five o'clock sharp.
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I need five more minutes to finish.
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He has five days left to finish the month.
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My daughter turns five next week.
Used in
Stories
(5)Grammar articles
(6)Spanish Comparatives: más que, menos que, tan como and the Four Irregulars
Spanish Impersonal Verbs: hay, hace, se habla and the No-Subject Constructions
Spanish Ordinals, Fractions, Dates and Time (el primer día, media hora, son las tres y cuarto)
Spanish Prepositions: de, a, en, con, por, para and the Two Contractions
Preterite vs Imperfect: How to Choose Between the Two Spanish Past Tenses
Advanced Spanish Relative Pronouns: el que, el cual, lo cual and cuyo
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