dar las doce
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dar las doce(
dahr
lahs
doh
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seh
)An intransitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and does not require a direct object (e.g., Everybody please stand up.).
1. (general)
a. to be twelve o'clock
¿Oíste las campanadas de la iglesia? Acaban de dar las doce.Did you hear the chimes from the church? It's twelve o'clock now.
b. to be midnight (at midnight)
Ya van a dar las doce, Jane. Es hora de irnos.It's going to be midnight, Jane. It's time to go.
c. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
Te quiero de vuelta en casa cuando den las doce.I want you back home at the stroke of midnight.
Cuando dieron las doce, vitoreamos y nos deseamos un feliz Año Nuevo.When the clock struck midnight, we cheered and wished each other a Happy New Year.
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