Plurality or plural is a concept of quantity representing a value of more-than-one.
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Why “buenas noches” when it's only one night?
Why are buenas noches and buenas tardes said when they refer to only one night/afternoon?
¿Por qué se dice "buenas noches" y "buenas tardes" cuando solo se refieren solo a una noche o tarde?
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Plural form of compound words
The plural form of compound words in Spanish is not an easy matter. If the compound word already has its final element in plural form, then the plural form is the same as the singular one: for ...
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Are there any nouns with irregular plurals in Spanish?
In English, some nouns have regular plural forms ending in -s or -es and fewer are irregular. Fish in the plural is still fish while child becomes children.
In Spanish, nearly all nouns are regular, ...
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Usage of plural in collective objects?
Even being a native speaker, I find it hard to know what's the correct way to announce in a sentence a thing that is a collection of other things, specifically in how to arrange adjectives and ...
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Plurals of loan words
Are there any rules for forming the plurals of loanwords?
I ask, as I was recently reminded of a sign I saw in an Office Depot in Mexico advertising "mouses".
Can this be correct in Spanish, or is ...
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What's the plural of “suéter”?
What's the plural of "suéter"?
In Mexico, most of the times is called "sueters".
Is it "sueters" or "suéteres"?
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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 ...
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¿Si hay muchas personas que se llaman Jesús juntas, cómo debo designarlas?
Eran varios Jesús a la vez
Eran varios Jesúes [Jesuses (!) ] a la vez
Me parece que no es como Paco o Pepe.
Muchos Pacos; muchos Pepes.
Aún que Pepe sea el padre de Jesús, no creo que sea lo ...
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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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Plurals of numbers
Is there an easy way to translate the plurals of numbers? Some seem pretty straight forward. For instance two sixes → dos seises. But what about when the number is already plural, or when ...
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Singular and plural of pants, shorts, jeans, etc
In English, words like pants, shorts, and jeans appear to be in the plural but really refer to one item of clothing (I don't know what the technical term for it is). To be more specific, you can say ...
