sessantina
about sixty
noun sehs-sahn-TEE-nah Rare
Origin: from sessanta (sixty) + collective suffix -ina
Also means
one's sixties
Usage Note
Sessantina is a collective approximate numeral meaning 'about sixty' or 'a group of sixty': una sessantina di persone (about sixty people). It also denotes the decade of one's sixties: è sulla sessantina (she is in her sixties). Like ventina, trentina, etc., it is always feminine.
Examples
"C'era una sessantina di invitati."
Natural Translation
There were about sixty guests.
Literal Translation
There-was a sixty-ish of guests.
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