quincena
fem.noun
1. fortnight, two-week period
period of fifteen days
Common combinations
- primera quincena — first half of the month
- segunda quincena — second half of the month
- durante una quincena — for a fortnight
- Estaremos de vacaciones una quincena.We will be on vacation for a fortnight.
- La primera quincena de julio fue muy calurosa.The first half of July was very hot.
- El curso dura dos quincenas.The course lasts two fortnights.
2. fortnightly pay, half-monthly paycheck
Latin America · payment received every fifteen days
Common combinations
- cobrar la quincena — receive one's fortnightly pay
- pagar la quincena — pay the fortnightly salary
- gastar la quincena — spend one's fortnightly pay
- Cobro la quincena el día quince.I get my paycheck on the fifteenth.
- Ya gasté toda la quincena.I have already spent all my pay.
- La empresa adelantó la quincena.The company paid the fortnightly salary early.
Same root