Meaning
about twenty, score
- an approximate quantity of around twenty items or people
In a sentence
C'erano solo una ventina di invitati alla festa.
There were only about twenty guests at the party.
Mi servono ancora una ventina di minuti per finire.
I still need about twenty minutes to finish.
Hai contato una ventina di scatole in magazzino?
Did you count about twenty boxes in the warehouse?
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| ventina | feminine · singular |
| ventine | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Takes the preposition 'di' before the noun it quantifies: 'una ventina di persone'.
- Part of the series of collective numerals in '-ina' (dozzina, trentina, cinquantina).