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"Los dos" is a form of "los dos", a pronoun which is often translated as "both". "De tomar" is a phrase which is often translated as "like drinking". Learn more about the difference between "los dos" and "de tomar" below.
los dos(
lohs
dohs
)A pronoun is a word that stands in for a noun (e.g., she).
a. both (all persons)
¿Sabes si Verónica y Minerva quieren pizza? - Sí, las dos dijeron que sí quieren.Do you know if Veronica and Minerva want pizza? - Yes, both said they do.
Los dos sabemos que eso no es cierto.We both know that's not true.
b. both of us (first person)
En realidad, deberíamos ir los dos a visitarlo.Really, both of us should go to visit him.
c. us (first person)
Una de las dos tiene que hacerlo, o tú o yo.One of us has to do it, either you or I.
d. both of you (second person)
Quiero que los dos salgan a limpiar el jardín ahora mismo.I want both of you to go out and tidy up the garden right now.
e. you (second person)
Tengo una tarea para los dos, vengan aquí.Come over here, I have something for you to do.
f. both of them (third person)
No podía decidir qué camisa comprar, así que compré las dos.I couldn't decide which shirt to buy, so I bought both of them.
g. them (third person)
¿Cuál de los dos te llevó al aeropuerto? ¿Jaime o Mario?Which one of them took you to the airport? Jaime or Mario?
A phrase is a group of words commonly used together (e.g., once upon a time).
de tomar(
deh
toh
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mahr
)A phrase is a group of words commonly used together (e.g., once upon a time).
b. from drinking
Absténgase de tomar alcohol durante el embarazo.Abstain from drinking alcohol during pregnancy.
c. to drink
Tuve oportunidad de tomar una bebida muy rara cuando estuve en Afghanistán.I had the opportunity to drink a really strange beverage when I was in Afghanistan.
a. like taking
Alberto dice que tiene ganas de tomarse un avión a cualquier lado, lejos de aquí.Alberto says he feels like taking a plane to go anywhere, far from here.
b. from taking
Juan trató de disuadirme de tomar un taxi.Juan tried to dissuade me from taking a taxi.
c. to take
Todavía tenemos tiempo de tomar el tren de las 8 am.We still have time to take the 8 am train.
