Polyglot Dictionary

docena

/doˈsena/

la noun B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
docenas

Meaning

  1. dozen

    • Compré una docena de huevos.

      I bought a dozen eggs.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

douzaine

douzaine is the French word for the same thing — both mean "dozen."

Portuguese

dúzia

dúzia is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "dozen."

Practice

1 What does docena mean?

2 Fill the gap: Compré una ___ de huevos.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches docena?

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