Spanish Word of the Day Archive
Thursday April 5, 2007

dos, number, pronoun:
two

Dos is a number which has lots of idiomatic phrases associated with it. Here are three.

en un dos por tres
in a flash

Comida que está lista en un dos por tres
Food that’s ready in a flash

como dos y dos son cuatro
as sure as sure can be or as sure as eggs is eggs

Como él no hay dos
He’s one of a kind or He’s special


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