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Concepto gramatical para indicar lo que presenta más de un aspecto. // Plurality or plural is a concept of quantity representing a value of more-than-one.

Concepto gramatical para indicar lo que presenta más de un aspecto.

Plurality or plural is a concept of quantity representing a value of more-than-one.

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Pluralize words ending in a tonic vowel

I'm a native speaker. I'm pretty sure that the plural of tabú is tabúes, I've seen it used in writing, in the press. For similar reasons that the plural of marroquí is marroquíes. I argued with someone recently about the pluralization of menú.…
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¿Es correcto usar el plural en "las europas"?

Por motivos varios estuve escuchando a varias personas decir "las europas" como por ejemplo ¿Sabías que Anastasia fue a las europas? No encontré una fuente fiable que responda esto, así que dejó aquí la pregunta. Sé que en algún punto de la…
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What is the plural of 'Cuba Libre' (the beverage)?

For example, how would one say 'More Cuba Libres' in Spanish?
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Do I use "pelo" or "pelos"?

In German you say "sich die Haare schneiden". You use the plural of hair in this case, on the other hand in English you say "to cut hair", you use the singular. How is it handled in Spanish? "cortar el pelo", "cortar los pelos", or something really…
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Total vs. Totales

I was just discussing this with a co-worker of mine. He wanted to use the word "totales" and I didn't think that was correct, so I immediately went to RAE to check but RAE didn't mention anything about it. Doing various searches we came up with very…
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When "ropas" is used, and how to mean a single piece of clothing without ambiguity?

I know that "ropa" is a collective noun, and it's the way to express clothes/clothing. But I have 2 questions related to the usage of this always-singular noun = What are the possible cases where it's not "ropa" anymore? In some dictionaries, we…
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How should plural English product names (ending with a consonant) be written in Spanish?

Given a product name like "MyThing", (where the name ends in a consonant) how should the plural "MyThings" be translated in Spanish? I would think it should be simply "Los MyThing". Writing "Los MyThings" looks funny to me.
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¿Existe la palabra informaciones (el plural de información)?

Esa es mi pregunta, y en ese caso estamos hablando de sustantivo contable? Por ejemplo, ¿se puede decir "Algunos centros de comercio han incluido más de 100 informaciones." y "Y unas cuantas informaciones que se han estado diciendo por ahí. "?
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How do you translate duos to Spanish?

In English the plural of duo is duos. However, I am not sure in Spanish. I looked in the DRAE that is the most famous dictionary in Spanish and I did not find the plural. Then, I am not sure if duos in Spanish is dúo or dúos. Google and linguee.es…
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