Kilo Lingo

/oˈtʃenta/

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Translation

eighty

Word origin

From Latin octoginta ('eighty'), based on octo ('eight'). The same octo gives English 'octopus' and 'October'.

Origin
Latin
Root
octoginta
English cognates
octet, octagon

Examples

.

My grandmother turns eighty this month.

cuesta euros.

The train ticket costs eighty euros.

.

There were about eighty people in the room.

¿ cuarenta cuarenta? .

How much is forty plus forty? Eighty.

metros .

The house has more than eighty square metres.

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This word is part of lesson 83.