How do you say 'digit' in Spanish?

Dígito, with the stress on the first syllable: DÍ-gi-to.

What's the Spanish word for percentage?

Porcentaje, said por-cen-TA-je with the stress on ta.

Tartamudear, as in 'me pongo a tartamudear cuando me apuran por teléfono' — I start to stutter when they rush me on the phone.

You're reading your cell number over the phone and halfway through, your tongue trips on the numbers.

El último dígito no se entendió, ¿te lo repito?

The last digit didn't come through, want me to repeat it?

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dígito/ˈdixito/
digitnoun
Each of the signs from 0 to 9 used to write numbers.
cifra/ˈsifɾa/
figurenoun
An amount of money or of things stated in numbers.
porcentaje/poɾsenˈtaxe/
percentagenoun
A part of a total counted out of every hundred.
fracción/fɾakˈsjon/
fractionnoun
A way of writing a part of a whole, like a half or three quarters.
tercio/ˈteɾsjo/
thirdnoun
Each of the three equal parts something is split into.
decimal/desiˈmal/
decimaladjective
Divided into parts of ten, like numbers that carry a point.
trabalenguas/tɾabaˈlenɡwas/
tongue-twisternoun
A phrase that's hard to say fast because the sounds are alike and get tangled.
contar/konˈtaɾ/
to countverb
To say numbers in order to find out how many there are.
pronunciar/pɾonunˈsjaɾ/
to pronounceverb
To make the sounds of a word with your mouth.
tartamudear/taɾtamudeˈaɾ/
to stutterverb
To get tangled while speaking and repeat syllables without being able to carry on smoothly.

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El último dígito no se entendió, ¿te lo repito?
The last digit didn't come through, want me to repeat it?
Esa cifra no es la que te dije.
That's not the figure I told you.
Me queda un porcentaje muy bajo de batería.
I've only got a low percentage of battery left.
No entendí la fracción, ¿es un medio o un cuarto?
I didn't get the fraction — is it a half or a quarter?
Solo me falta un tercio de la lista.
I've only got a third of the list left.
El punto decimal va después del primer número.
The decimal point goes after the first number.
Mi número parece un trabalenguas cuando lo digo rápido.
My number turns into a tongue-twister when I say it fast.
Déjame contar otra vez los números en voz alta.
Let me count the numbers out loud again.
Trato de pronunciar cada número bien despacio.
I try to pronounce each number nice and slow.
Me pongo a tartamudear cuando me apuran por teléfono.
I start to stutter when they rush me on the phone.

dígito/ˈdixito/
The g sounds like a j, and the stress falls on the first syllable: DÍ-gi-to.
porcentaje/poɾsenˈtaxe/
The j sounds strong, like in jugo, and the stress falls on the syllable ta: por-cen-TA-je.
fracción/fɾakˈsjon/
Both c's sound like a k and an s together, and ción is one syllable with the stress at the end.
tercio/ˈteɾsjo/
The c sounds like an s and cio is one syllable: TER-sio, with the stress at the start.
decimal/desiˈmal/
The c before i sounds like an s, and the stress falls at the end even though it carries no written accent: de-si-MAL.
trabalenguas/tɾabaˈlenɡwas/
The syllable gua is said in one go, and the stress falls on len: tra-ba-LEN-guas.
contar/konˈtaɾ/
The stress falls on the last syllable: con-TAR.
pronunciar/pɾonunˈsjaɾ/
The ending ciar is one syllable, and that's where the stress falls: pro-nun-CIAR.
tartamudear/taɾtamudeˈaɾ/
The final e and a don't run together: tar-ta-mu-de-ar, with the stress on the a.

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How do you say 'digit' in Spanish?: Dígito, with the stress on the first syllable: DÍ-gi-to.
What's the Spanish word for percentage?: Porcentaje, said por-cen-TA-je with the stress on ta.
How do you say you're stuttering in Spanish?: Tartamudear, as in 'me pongo a tartamudear cuando me apuran por teléfono' — I start to stutter when they rush me on the phone.

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