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porcentagem

[por-sen-ta-ʒẽ]
nounfemininepl: porcentagens
percentage
1. A rate, number, or amount in each hundred; a proportion expressed as a fraction of 100
The interest rate is 5 percent.
A taxa de juros é de 5 porcentagem.
2. A part or share of a whole expressed as a number out of 100
What percentage of students passed the exam?
Qual porcentagem de estudantes passou no exame?
Synonyms
percentualpor cento

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
porcentagem
Standard usage throughout Brazil
Portugal
percentagem
Preferred spelling in European Portuguese
São Paulo
porcentagem
Common in commercial and financial contexts

Related Idioms & Phrases

uma grande porcentagem de (a large percentage of)
em porcentagem (in percentage terms)
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