dozen

docena

Grupo de doce personas o cosas.

En inglés sencillo: A group of twelve people or things.

• I bought a dozen eggs.
• She baked two dozen cookies.
• We need half a dozen chairs for the meeting.

Cómo se usa: a dozen + plural noun (She bought a dozen roses.); dozen of + determiner/pronoun (A dozen of the guests stayed overnight.)

Sinónimos: twelve

Expresiones frecuentes: a dozen eggs, half a dozen, by the dozen

decenas

En plural, indica un gran número de personas o cosas.

En inglés sencillo: A large number of people or things, usually expressed with the plural form.

• Dozens of people came to the party.
• I have told you dozens of times.
• She received dozens of messages after the interview.

Cómo se usa: dozens of + plural noun (Dozens of people waited outside.)

Sinónimos: a large number, a great many

Expresiones frecuentes: dozen messages, dozen times, dozen people