doce

/ˈdoθe/, [ˈd̪o.θe]

twelve

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He oído hablarse que no existe ninguna manera para que alcances una proficiencia de nativo en un idioma si no lo has comenzado a estudiar antes de cumplir los doce años.

I've heard it said that there is no way for you to ever reach native proficiency in a language if you haven't started studying it before the age of twelve.

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Él puede correr cien metros en doce segundos.

He can run 100 meters within twelve seconds.

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Invité a doce personas a mi fiesta, pero una no pudo venir.

I invited twelve people to my party, but one of them couldn't come.

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Se puede cenar entre las nueve y las doce.

The evening meal is served between 9 and 12.

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Este diccionario tiene doce tomos.

This dictionary has 12 volumes.

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Las doce estrellas en la bandera de la Unión Europea no simbolizan a los doce miembros fundadores de la unión. Simbolizan a los Doce Apóstoles.

The twelve stars on the flag of the European Union do not symbolize the twelve founding members of the union. They symbolize the Twelve Apostles.

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Los doce animales de los signos del zodíaco chino provienen de once tipos de animales que encontramos en la naturaleza: la rata, el buey, el tigre, el conejo, la serpiente, el caballo, el carnero, el mono, el gallo, el perro, el chancho, y el mitológico dragón;ellos son utilizados como calendario.

The twelve animals of the Chinese Zodiac come from eleven types of animals we find in nature: the rat, the ox, the tiger, the hare, the snake, the horse, the ram, the monkey, the rooster, the dog, the pig, and the mythological dragon; they're used as a calendar.

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La camisa cuesta doce libras.

The blouse costs twelve libras.

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Lo compré por alrededor de doce dólares.

I bought it for about twelve dollars.

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No te preocupes, estaré de vuelta antes de las doce.

Don't worry, I'll be back before twelve.

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Un año tiene doce meses.

There are twelve months in a year.

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Mucha gente se pregunta por qué el gato no aparece entre los doce animales del zodiaco chino.

A lot of people ask why the cat does not appear among the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac.

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En un año hay doce meses.

There are twelve months in a year.

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Ellos normalmente desayunan a las siete y media y almuerzan a las doce.

They usually have breakfast at half past seven o'clock and eat their lunch at twelve.

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Anoche me fui a la cama a las doce.

I went to bed at twelve last night.

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Los hermanos nacieron con doce años de diferencia.

The brothers were born twelve years apart.

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Dormí doce horas ayer.

I slept twelve hours yesterday.

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Doce músicos constituyen la sociedad.

Twelve musicians constitute the society.

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Él no sabe distinguir un cerezo de un ciruelo, pero puede llamarlos por su nombre en doce idiomas.

He can't tell a cherry tree from a plum tree, but he can name them in twelve languages.

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Con doce años empecé a conducir nuestro tractor para echarle una mano a mi padre durante la cosecha.

I began driving our tractor when I was 12 years old to help my father out at harvest time.

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