percentage

percentage
pə'senti‹
noun
1) (an amount, number or rate given as a fraction of one hundred: We've expressed all these figures as percentages.) porcentaje
2) (a part or proportion of something: A large percentage of the population can't read or write.) porcentaje
percentage n porcentaje
percentage
tr[pə'sentɪʤ]
noun
1 porcentaje nombre masculino
percentage [pər'sɛntɪʤ] n
: porcentaje m
percentage
n.
• porcentaje s.m.
• proporción s.f.
• tanto por ciento s.m.
pər'sentɪdʒ, pə'sentɪdʒ
noun
a) c (Math) porcentaje m; (before n)

percentage increase/point — aumento m/punto m porcentual

percentage sign — signo m del tanto por ciento

b) c (part) porcentaje m

she gets a percentage of the profits — recibe un tanto por ciento or un porcentaje de los beneficios

c) u (advantage) (AmE colloq)

there must be some percentage in it for him — él debe de sacar tajada (fam)

d) c (average) (AmE) promedio m
[pǝ'sentɪdʒ]
1. N
1) (=proportion) porcentaje m

what is the percentage of nitrogen in air? — ¿cuál es el porcentaje de nitrógeno en el aire?

a large percentage of people are immune — un gran porcentaje de la gente es inmune

• the figure is expressed as a percentage — la cifra está expresada en tantos por ciento

• on a percentage basis California lost more jobs than any other state — según los porcentajes California perdió más puestos de trabajo que ningún otro estado

• a high percentage are girls — un alto or elevado porcentaje son chicas

• in percentage terms — proporcionalmente

2) (=commission) porcentaje m

my percentage is deducted beforehand — mi porcentaje se deduce antes

to get a percentage on all sales — recibir un tanto por ciento sobre todas las ventas

on a percentage basis — a porcentaje

3) * (=rake-off) tajada * f

all they're after is their percentage — lo único que buscan es llevarse una tajada *

4) (=advantage, benefit)

there's no percentage in doing that — haciendo eso no se saca nada

what percentage is there in it for me? — ¿y yo qué saco?

2.
CPD

percentage increase N — aumento m porcentual

percentage point N — punto m porcentual

percentage sign N — signo m del tanto por ciento

* * *
[pər'sentɪdʒ, pə'sentɪdʒ]
noun
a) c (Math) porcentaje m; (before n)

percentage increase/point — aumento m/punto m porcentual

percentage sign — signo m del tanto por ciento

b) c (part) porcentaje m

she gets a percentage of the profits — recibe un tanto por ciento or un porcentaje de los beneficios

c) u (advantage) (AmE colloq)

there must be some percentage in it for him — él debe de sacar tajada (fam)

d) c (average) (AmE) promedio m

English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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