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How to Say ‘Ten percent’ in Italian

Dieci per cento

DYEH-chee pehr CHEHN-toh

[DYEH-chee pehr CHEHN-toh]

💬 Usage Tip: Percentages take "the" in Italian: il dieci per cento, which becomes al dieci per cento after a.

Phrase Breakdown

Dieci

[DYEH-chee]

ten

The number 10; the shirt of the star playmaker.

Example

Ho dieci euro.

I have ten euros.

per

[pehr]

per

Used in 'per cento' to mean per (out of) a hundred.

Example

Il cinque per cento è poco.

Five percent is little.

cento

[CHEHN-toh]

one hundred

The number 100; no word for 'one' is needed before it.

Example

Ho cento euro.

I have one hundred euros.

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