dozen

dozen
plurals - dozens; noun
(a group of twelve: two dozen handkerchiefs; These eggs are 50 cents a dozen; Half-a-dozen eggs, please.) docena
- dozens
dozen n docena
a dozen eggs una docena de huevos
dozen
tr['dʌzən]
noun
1 (set of twelve) docena
■ a dozen eggs una docena de huevos
■ half a dozen media docena
\
SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
a baker's dozen una docena del fraile
by the dozen (in sets of twelve) por docena(s) 2 (like hot cakes) como rosquillas, como pan caliente
dozens of (things) montones de 2 (times) miles de
to talk nineteen to the dozen hablar por los codos
dozen ['dʌzən] n, pl dozens or dozen : docena f
dozen
n.
• docena s.f.

I 'dʌzṇ
noun (pl dozen or dozens) docena f

four dollars a o per dozen — cuatro dólares la docena

I got dozens of cards — recibí montones de tarjetas (fam)

I've told him dozens of times — se lo he dicho miles de veces

baker's dozen — docena del fraile


II
adjective docena f de

a dozen/two dozen eggs — una docena/dos docenas de huevos

['dʌzn]
N docena f

80p a dozen — 80 peniques la docena

a dozen eggs — una docena de huevos

they arrived in their dozens or by the dozen — llegaban docenas de ellos

dozens of times/people — cantidad f de veces/gente

* * *

I ['dʌzṇ]
noun (pl dozen or dozens) docena f

four dollars a o per dozen — cuatro dólares la docena

I got dozens of cards — recibí montones de tarjetas (fam)

I've told him dozens of times — se lo he dicho miles de veces

baker's dozen — docena del fraile


II
adjective docena f de

a dozen/two dozen eggs — una docena/dos docenas de huevos


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