deuce
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This word must be preceded by the definite article [in the sense shown in 3).
deuce(
dus
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (card games)
2. (tennis)
a. cuarenta iguales
In the final game of the set, there were 12 deuces.En el último juego del set, empataron 12 veces a cuarenta iguales.
b. el deuce (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
After a couple of silly mistakes, the score went from 40-0 to deuce.Por culpa de un par de errores muy tontos, el marcador fue de 40-0 a deuce.
3. (colloquial) (old-fashioned) (used for emphasis)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
A word or phrase that is seldom used in contemporary language and is recognized as being from another decade, (e.g., cat, groovy).
a. diantre (colloquial) (old-fashioned)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
A word or phrase that is seldom used in contemporary language and is recognized as being from another decade, (e.g., cat, groovy).
How the deuce did you get her to agree to it?¿Cómo diantre conseguiste que aceptara?
b. demonios (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
What the deuce do you think you're playing at?¿A qué demonios crees que estás jugando?
4. (colloquial) (poop) (United States)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United States
a. el dos (M) (colloquial)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
I'm going to go drop a deuce.Voy a hacer del dos.
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