El siglo
Example: El siglo XX tuvo muchos avances tecnológicos importantes.
Definition
"El siglo" refers to a period of one hundred years, commonly used in historical contexts to divide and study eras. For example, the phrase 'El siglo XX tuvo muchos avances tecnológicos importantes' highlights significant technological progress during the twentieth century.
Etymology
The term "el siglo" comes from the Latin word 'saeculum,' which originally meant a generation or age. Over time, it evolved in Spanish to specifically denote a hundred-year period, helping historians and scholars organize time into manageable segments.
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"El siglo" appears in the Vocaplus list "Spanish - History - (A1) - set 1", containing 208 commonly used words.
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