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| cheap at twice the price expr | (very inexpensive) (coloquial: barato) | tirado adj |
Once bitten,
twice shy expr | figurative, proverb (more cautious now) | el gato escaldado del agua fría huye expr |
| | | el que se quema con leche, ve una vaca y llora expr |
| once or twice expr | (a couple of times, a few times) | un par de veces expr |
| | | una o dos veces expr |
| think twice v expr | (reconsider [sth]) | pensarlo bien loc verb |
| | | pensarlo dos veces loc verb |
| | My granny was about to give her bank details to a salesman on the phone, but I told her to think twice. |
| think twice about [sth] v expr | (reconsider [sth]) | pensar bien en loc verb + prep |
| | | pensar dos veces en algo loc verb + prep |
| | Think twice about the personal information you share online. |
think twice about doing [sth],
think twice before doing [sth],
think twice before you do [sth] v expr | (reconsider prior to doing [sth]) | pensar bien antes de hacer algo loc verb |
| | | pensar dos veces antes de hacer algo loc verb |
| | You should think twice about giving up a steady job to start a PhD. |
| | I'd advise you to think twice before you accept this man's proposal; you've only just met him! |
| twice as adv | (double, two times more) | doble de adj + prep |
| | Tom is twice as nice as his brother. |
| twice as long expr | (double the time) | el doble de tiempo expr |
| | | el doble expr |
| | It takes twice as long to get to the other side of town in rush hour. |
| twice as much n | (double the amount) | doble nm |
| | I've decided to give twice as much to charity this year. |
| | He decidido que este año donaré el doble a la caridad. |
| twice as much expr | (double the amount of [sth]) | doble adj |
| | It can take twice as much effort to make dinner without a stove. |
| | Cuesta el doble de trabajo hacer la cena si no tienes cocina. |
| twice daily expr | (two times per day) | dos veces al día loc adv |
| twice over adv | (two times) | dos veces loc adv |
| | | de nuevo loc adv |
| | I had to do the job twice over because I messed it up the first time. |
| | The restaurant would never serve the same meal twice over. |
| | Tuve que hacer el trabajo dos veces porque lo hice mal la primera vez. // El restaurante nunca serviría la misma cena dos veces. |
| twice removed adj | (relative: two generations younger) | tercera generación loc nom f |
| twice removed adj | (relative: two generations older) | tercera generación loc nom f |
| twice yearly adv | (two times a year) | bianualmente adv |
| Note: Dos veces al año no significa necesariamente en forma semestral. |
| | We publish our magazine twice yearly, in January and June. |
| | | semestralmente adv |
| | | dos veces al año loc adv |
| | Publicamos la revista dos veces al año, en enero y en junio. |
| twice-weekly publication n | ([sth] published two times a week) | publicación dos veces por semana nf + loc adj |