Usage examples of "por ciento" in Spanish with translation to English

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Mis inversiones rinden alrededor del 10 por ciento anual. My investments earn about 10 percent a year.
Sólo el tres por ciento de la población de Inglaterra utiliza RP. Only three per cent of the population of England uses RP.
El precio del arroz subió un tres por ciento. The price of rice rose by three percent.
Cincuenta y dos por ciento de las mujeres británicas prefieren el chocolate en vez del sexo. Fifty-two per cent of British women prefer chocolate to sex.
El precio del arroz subió más de un tres por ciento. The price of rice rose by more than three percent.
El hombre que comete un error al año porque solo toma dos decisiones se equivoca el cincuenta por ciento del tiempo. The man who makes but one mistake a year because he makes but two decisions is wrong fifty per cent of the time.
El sesenta por ciento de los hombres adultos japoneses beben regularmente alcohol. Sixty percent of Japanese adult males drink alcoholic beverages on a regular basis.
Noventa y cinco por ciento de los huérfanos son mayores de 5 años. Ninety five percent of orphans are older than 5 years old.
Al menos el 49 por ciento de los estudiantes entran a la universidad. At least 49 percent of students go on to university.
El porcentaje de carbohidratos en las célula animal es de aproximadamente el seis por ciento. The percentage of carbohydrates in animal cells is approximately 6 percent.
Cerca del 50 por ciento de las compañías en Japón han reconocido la necesidad de darles a sus trabajadores vacaciones más largas, y piensan que las vacaciones de verano son indispensables para darles a sus trabajadores un alivio tanto mental como físico. About 50 percent of the firms in Japan have acknowledged the necessity of giving their workers longer holidays, and think summer holidays are needed to give their workers both mental and physical refreshment.
El porcentaje de lípidos en la célula animal es de aproximadamente el ocho por ciento. The percentage of lipids in an animal cell is about 8%.
La producción de esta fábrica ha aumentado un veinte por ciento. Production at this factory has increased by 20%.
El ochenta por ciento de la información almacenada en los ordenadores de todo el mundo está en inglés. Eighty percent of all information on computers around the world is in English.
Más del 90 por ciento de las visitas de una página Web provienen de los motores de búsqueda. More than 90 percent of a web page visits are from search engines.
El genio es uno por ciento de inspiración y noventa y nueve por ciento de transpiración. Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
Algunos dicen que el bote se perdió, otros que fue tragado por una ballena. Some say the boat got lost, others say it was swallowed by a whale.
Ciento veinticinco años lo han demostrado: El esperanto es mucho más que un idioma. One hundred and twenty five years have shown: Esperanto is much more than just a language.
Damos por sentado que la televisión existe. We take it for granted that television exists.
Se espera que ciento cincuenta mil parejas se casen en Shanghái en 2006. One hundred and fifty thousand couples are expected to get married in Shanghai in 2006.
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