/seˈsenta/
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Translation
sixty
Word origin
From Latin sexaginta ('sixty'), from sex ('six') plus a form of the tens suffix. The same root gives English 'sexagenarian'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- sexaginta
- English cognates
- sexagenarian
Examples
.
My grandfather turns sixty this week.
cuesta euros.
The ticket costs sixty euros.
.
There are sixty minutes in an hour.
¿ ? .
Is he really sixty? He looks younger.
estante .
There were more than sixty books on the shelf.
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