What does dos mean in Spanish?

The Spanish word

Él tiene dos gatos.
He keeps two cats. | He has two cats.

Había dos pasteles.
There were two cakes.

Elige entre estos dos.
Choose between these two.

Ella es dos años mayor que tú.
She is two years older than you. | She's two years older than you.

Estoy casada y tengo dos niños.
I am married and have two children.

Así mato dos pájaros de un tiro.
That way I kill two birds with one stone.

Yutaka tiene dos hermanos mayores.
Yutaka has two elder brothers. | Yutaka has two older brothers.

Los españoles tienen dos apellidos.
Spaniards have two surnames.

Mejorará por su cuenta en dos semanas.
It will go away by itself in two weeks.

Apenas hay gente que tenga dos coches.
Few people have two cars.

Él se marchó de aquí hace dos o tres días.
He left here two or three days ago.

Él es más alto que yo por sólo dos pulgadas.
He is taller than I by two inches.

Él lleva dos meses bregando con su nuevo libro.
He has been working on a new book for two months.

Han pasado dos meses desde que se fue a Francia.
Two months have passed since he left for France.

A causa de un accidente nos retrasamos dos horas.
We were held up for two hours on account of an accident.

Él llevaba dos horas de lectura cuando ella entró.
He had already spent two hours lecturing when she came in.

Ella tiene dos gatos. Uno es negro y el otro es blanco.
She has two cats. One is black, and the other is white. | She's got two cats. One's white and the other is black.

Entre los invitados a la fiesta había dos mujeres extranjeras.
Among the guests invited to the party were two foreign ladies.

Me tomó más de dos horas traducir unas pocas páginas en inglés.
It took me more than two hours to translate a few pages of English.

	The Spanish word
	dos
	means
	two

	Examples:
	Él tiene dos gatos. He keeps two cats. \| He has two cats.
	Había dos pasteles. There were two cakes.
	Elige entre estos dos. Choose between these two.
	Ella es dos años mayor que tú. She is two years older than you. \| She's two years older than you.
	Estoy casada y tengo dos niños. I am married and have two children.
	Así mato dos pájaros de un tiro. That way I kill two birds with one stone.
	Yutaka tiene dos hermanos mayores. Yutaka has two elder brothers. \| Yutaka has two older brothers.
	Los españoles tienen dos apellidos. Spaniards have two surnames.
	Mejorará por su cuenta en dos semanas. It will go away by itself in two weeks.
	Apenas hay gente que tenga dos coches. Few people have two cars.
	Él se marchó de aquí hace dos o tres días. He left here two or three days ago.
	Él es más alto que yo por sólo dos pulgadas. He is taller than I by two inches.
	Él lleva dos meses bregando con su nuevo libro. He has been working on a new book for two months.
	Han pasado dos meses desde que se fue a Francia. Two months have passed since he left for France.
	A causa de un accidente nos retrasamos dos horas. We were held up for two hours on account of an accident.
	Él llevaba dos horas de lectura cuando ella entró. He had already spent two hours lecturing when she came in.
	Ella tiene dos gatos. Uno es negro y el otro es blanco. She has two cats. One is black, and the other is white. \| She's got two cats. One's white and the other is black.
	Entre los invitados a la fiesta había dos mujeres extranjeras. Among the guests invited to the party were two foreign ladies.
	Me tomó más de dos horas traducir unas pocas páginas en inglés. It took me more than two hours to translate a few pages of English.

	Examples sourced from tatoeba.org