seis

=

six

adjective

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seis
noun úm adjective invariable
1. six (para contar)
  • tiene seis años -> she's six (years old)
2. (number) six (para ordenar)
  • la página seis -> page six
noun úm pronoun
3. sixth (en fechas)
  • el seis de agosto -> the sixth of August
4. (en direcciones)
  • calle Mayor (número) seis -> number six calle Mayor
5. (en horas)
  • las seis -> six o'clock
  • son las seis -> it's six o'clock
6. (referido a grupos)
  • invité a diez y sólo vinieron seis -> I invited ten and only six came along
  • somos seis -> there are six of us
  • de seis en seis -> in sixes
  • los seis -> the six of them
7. (en temperaturas)
  • estamos a seis bajo cero -> the temperature is six below zero
8. (en puntuaciones)
  • empatar a seis -> to draw six all
  • seis a cero -> six-nil
9. six (en naipes)
  • el seis de diamantes -> the six of diamonds
  • echar o tirar un seis -> to play a six
noun úm masculine noun
10. six (número)
  • el seis -> number six
  • doscientos seis -> two hundred and six
  • treinta y seis -> thirty-six

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seis [say-ees]
adjective
1. Six, sixth.
verb
2. SEXTO.
noun
3. The figure 6. (m)
4. ix, upon cards or dice. (m)
  • Seis por ocho -> (Mus.) 6/8, six-eight measure; six eighth notes to a measure

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