tercio

Borrowed from Spanish tercio.

tercio (plural tercios)

1. (bullfighting) Any of the three stages of a bullfight: the vara, the banderilla and finally the death.
2. (military) A mutually supportive infantry formation made up of pikemen, swordsmen and arquebusiers or musketeers.

• erotic, ictero-

• IPA^(key): /ˈteɾθjo/ [ˈt̪eɾ.θjo] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈteɾsjo/ [ˈt̪eɾ.sjo] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eɾθjo (Spain)
• Rhymes: -eɾsjo (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ter‧cio

Borrowed from Latin tertius. Doublet of tercia.

tercio (feminine tercia, masculine plural tercios, feminine plural tercias)

1. (fractional number) third, one of three equal parts

tercio m (plural tercios)

1. (fractional number) third, one of three equal parts
2. (bullfighting) tercio
3. 0.33 liter bottle of beer

   Coordinate term: caña

   A mí me pones un tercio.

   Give me a beer.

• This word is used to express the denominator of a fraction:

  Un tercio del total de la población sufre de obesidad.

  A third of the population is obese.

• The adjective tercero can also be used in this sense, but it should be accompanied by an auxiliary noun such as parte:

  Me comí la tercera parte del pastel.

  I ate the third part of the cake.

tercio

1. first-person singular present indicative of terciar

• “tercio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024