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Spanish Word of the Day (Monday, February 2, 2009)
trimestre, noun
three-month period; term
Spanish el trimestre has a general meaning of a three-month period or quarter.
Just as semestre refers to a six-month period. In this meaning people often
use it when talking about finance and economics. So, they often use trimestre
with primer, segundo, tercer and cuarto, and with cada, first, second, third,
and fourth, and every.
El paro disminuyó durante el tercer trimestre.
(Unemployment decreased during the third quarter.)
La empresa se comprometió a pagar cada trimestre cinco millones de dó
lares más.
(The company undertook to pay five million dollars more every quarter.)
El trimestre also refers to a traditional university term.
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