third

tercero

Que ocupa la posición número tres, después del segundo.

En inglés sencillo: In position number three, after the second.

• Our flat is on the third floor.
• She finished in third place.
• This is my third visit to London.

Sinónimos: 3rd, 3d, IIIrd, III

Expresiones frecuentes: third place, third floor, third time

tercio

Una de las tres partes iguales en que se divide algo.

En inglés sencillo: One of three equal parts of something.

• I ate a third of the cake.
• About one third of our income goes on rent.
• Divide the mixture into thirds.

Cómo se usa: a/one third of something (A third of the class was absent.)

Sinónimos: one-third, ⅓, 1/3

Expresiones frecuentes: a third, one third, third of something

tercero, tercer puesto

La persona, cosa o posición que ocupa el número tres en un orden.

En inglés sencillo: The person, thing, or place that is number three in an order.

• Two guests arrived early; the third was late.
• She finished third in the race.
• I liked the first two books more than the third.

Expresiones frecuentes: the third, a third, finish third

tercera

Distancia de altura entre una nota y la que está dos pasos más arriba en una escala.

En inglés sencillo: The distance in pitch from one musical note to the note two steps above it in a scale.

• Play a major third on the piano.
• The two singers sang in thirds.
• This chord contains a minor third.

Expresiones frecuentes: major third, minor third, a third