/ˈteɾθo̝/, /ˈteɾso̝/
OrixeFrom Old Galician-Portuguese terço (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin tertius (“third”). Cognate with Portuguese terço and Spanish tercio.
- masculinethird (one of three equal parts of a whole)
- historical, masculinetercio (a type of military formation used in the early modern age)
- numeral, ordinalthird (which is one third (1/3) of something)
“e dian destes herdamentos sobredictos cada ano terza parte de todo froyto” — and they shall give of these properties each year a third of the production
“vierõ en concordia en tal gujsa que os pobres galegos ouvesen a terça parte da terra, en que viuessen; et os godos et suebos as duas partes et o señorio.” — they came to a concord so that the poor Galicians would have a third of the land for living, and the Goths and the Sueves the two parts and the lordship
Formasterzos(plural) · terço(alternative) · terza(feminine) · terzos(masculine, plural) · terzas(feminine, plural)