dezena

== Old Spanish == === Adjective === dezena feminine singular of dezeno == Portuguese == === Etymology === Semi-learned borrowing from Latin decēna. By surface analysis, dez (“ten”) +‎ -ena. Compare Spanish decena, French dizaine, and Italian decina. === Pronunciation === (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ze.nɐ/ Hyphenation: de‧ze‧na === Noun === dezena f (plural dezenas) ten (set or group with ten elements) Synonyms: dezeno, (chiefly for year) década (informal) dozen (a large number) Já te disse isso uma dezena de vezes! ― I told you that a dozen times already! === Adjective === dezena feminine singular of dezeno === References === === Further reading === “dezena”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “dezena”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026