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Meaning of duo | Babel Free

Adjective feminine CEFR A2
[ˈdu.ɔ]

Definitions

  1. two; 2
    numeral, plural, plural-only
  2. Equivalent to 'two': The station code of Tai Wo in Hong Kong.

Equivalents

English two

Examples

“𐌀𐌇𐌖𐌉𐌃𐌉𐌄𐌔 𐌍𐌄𐌉[- - -]𐌐𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌌𐌄𐌃𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌𐌊𐌏𐌌𐌌𐌄𐌏𐌉𐌔𐌔𐌏𐌊𐌉𐌏𐌉𐌔𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌅𐌏𐌔𐌀𐌖𐌃𐌄𐌏𐌌𐌃𐌖𐌏[𐌌]”

Ahuidies Do not take me! I am with my three companions, [the property] of the two Audii.

“c. 190 BCE – 185 BCE, Plautus, Amphitryon 2.1.565–8:hypotactic.com AMPHITRUŌ: Tūn mē, verberō, audēs erum lūdificārī? Tūne id dīcere audēs, quod nēmō umquam homō antehāc vīdit nec potest fīerī, tempore ūnō homō īdem duōbus locīs ut simul sit? AMPHITRUO: You scoundrel; you dare to play tricks on me? You dare to claim something which no man has seen before, as it cannot be done, that one”

man can be in two places at the same time?

“Dixit duas res ei rubori fuisse.”
“et respondi secundo et dixi ad eum quid sunt duae spicae olivarum quae sunt iuxta duo rostra aurea in quibus sunt suffusoria ex auro”

And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?

“Ne Hercules quidem adversus duos.”

"Not even Hercules fights against two."

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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