Kilo Lingo

/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

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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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This word is part of lesson 74.