secolo

century

noun SEH-koh-loh Common

Origin: from Latin saeculum

Also means

age

Usage Note

Secolo means a century, with the plural secoli. The casual exaggeration non ti vedo da secoli means 'I haven't seen you in ages'. Centuries are named with the Roman numeral plus -esimo, or by their hundreds, as in il Cinquecento for the 1500s.

Examples

"Viviamo nel ventunesimo secolo."

Natural Translation

We live in the twenty-first century.

Literal Translation

We-live in-the twenty-first century.

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