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percent

UK: /pəˈsent/ US: /pə`-/ (tb per cent)

Translation

adj, n [c], adv
por cien
por ciento
sixty percent of the students passed
un sesenta por ciento de los alumnos aprobaron el examen
Se puede escribir también %
(Definition of percent adj, n [c], adv from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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