twice

dos veces

En dos ocasiones distintas o dos veces durante un período.

En inglés sencillo: On two occasions, or two times within a period.

• I called her twice.
• He brushes his teeth twice a day.
• Have you seen that film twice?

Cómo se usa: twice a + period of time (We meet twice a month.)

Sinónimos: two times

Expresiones frecuentes: twice a day, twice a week, twice this year

dos veces

En dos ocasiones distintas o dos veces durante un período.

En inglés sencillo: On two occasions, or two times within a period.

• She knocked twice.
• We have visited the museum twice this year.
• Did you check the address twice?

Cómo se usa: twice a + period of time (They clean the windows twice a year.)

Sinónimos: two times

Expresiones frecuentes: twice a day, twice a month, twice today

el doble

Una cantidad, un número o un tamaño dos veces mayor que otro.

En inglés sencillo: Two times as much, as many, or as great.

• This bag costs twice as much.
• Their garden is twice the size of ours.
• She earned twice what I earned last year.

Cómo se usa: twice as + adjective/adverb + as (This train is twice as fast as the bus.); twice the + noun (Our new flat is twice the size of the old one.)

Sinónimos: double

Expresiones frecuentes: twice as much, twice the size, twice as fast