La palabra del día:
la cifra
Pronunciación aproximada:
SEE-frah (In most of Spain the c in this word is pronounced much like the "th" in "thin.") Listen
Significado:
numeral, number, figure (in the numerical sense), statistic, cypher
Ejemplo:
Las cifras de histerectomía en los EE.UU. siguen en aumento.
Traducción:
The number of hysterectomies in the U.S. continues to rise.
Aviso:
The phrase en cifra is usually translated as "in code."
