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I know that "los pantalones" means "trousers" and it is always plural in English( we cannot say trouser) . In Spanish can we say "el pantalon" or is it always plural?
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updated Sep 20, 2017
edited by aysehilal
posted by aysehilal
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I think that we have a few previous discussions on this if you care to search. If you look in the dictionary, however, you will find the word pantalón. It is usually used to refer to one pant (trouser) leg of a pair of pants.
los pantalones could refer to one or several pairs of pants.
pantalón....U. t. en pl. con el mismo significado que en sing.
[usado también en plural con el mismo significado que en singular]
updated Sep 20, 2017
edited by 0074b507
posted by 0074b507
thanks... - aysehilal, Dec 4, 2010
As you say, many people call a single pair of pants 'unos pantalones', but just as many call it 'un pantalón', referring to the pair. The DRAE seems to back that up, as you just pasted above. - bill1111, Dec 4, 2010
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el número
updated Sep 20, 2017
posted by Robert4688
Welcome to SpanishDict, Robert. Just so you know, this is an older thread from 2010. - rac1, Sep 20, 2017
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Yes I agree with gfreed. And I have heard people say it... 
updated Dec 4, 2010
posted by culé
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No....I don't believe you can.
updated Dec 4, 2010
posted by Seb79
....as the term 'trousers'. I wasn't really sure what you meant, aysehil... - Seb79, Dec 4, 2010
