🇬🇧🇪🇸 twelve - doce : English Lesson

Meaning of "twelve" ("doce"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Twelve is a number. It is one more than eleven and one less than thirteen. You have twelve things if you can count them 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.

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The cat set an alarm for twelve o’clock so it wouldn’t forget to nap again.

My little brother counted to twelve, got bored, and officially retired from math forever.

I had twelve chocolate chips, but my friend said they looked lonely and adopted all of them.

Our dog can’t tell time, but he knows that after twelve barks, someone will definitely give him a snack.

I tried to juggle twelve marshmallows, and now the ceiling is very sticky.

At the party a child sees twelve small cakes on a tray. Friends count: one, two… eleven, twelve, thirteen. The child lights twelve tiny candles on one cake and makes twelve wishes. A friend takes one cake and there are eleven. Then a friend gives back a cake and there are twelve again. The child smiles.

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This word is at the A1 level, which means it is one of the first words you learn when starting English. It’s commonly used in everyday conversations and helps you communicate basic ideas like greetings, family, or daily activities.

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