docena

/doˈθena/ · B1 · noun · f

twelve

🥚 doce (twelve) + -ena = a group of twelve, like English dozen

Spanish doce means twelve, and the suffix -ena makes a group of that number, as in veintena (a score) and cuarentena (forty days, the origin of quarantine). English dozen comes from the same Latin root, duodecim.

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