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I have heard this phrase "both two" to refer to 2 people or things... is it correct to use it? In spanish is not correct to say "ambos dos" ... Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install Spanish-English/Español-Inglés Spanish-EnglishGrammar/GramáticaEspañol-Inglés Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. bothtwo Threadstarter cexar2 Startdate Jun20,2013 C cexar2 NewMember MexicanSpanish Ihaveheardthisphrase"bothtwo"toreferto2peopleorthings...isitcorrecttouseit? Inspanishisnotcorrecttosay"ambosdos" Couldyougiveexamplesplease?   iheartqueso SeniorMember SanFrancisco,California English,Canada Ican'tthinkofanexamplewhereitwouldbecorrect.   C cexar2 NewMember MexicanSpanish Soit'swrongtosay"bothtwo"?   inib SeniorMember LaRioja,Spain BritishEnglish I'veheard"ambosdos"inSpanishmanytimes,andhaveoftenwonderedifitcouldbejustifiedasanemphaticuse,orjustplainredundant.ButinEnglishI'veneverheardorread"bothtwo"andIwouldbetthatitcanbecalled"incorrect",aswellas"verypeculiar"!   C cexar2 NewMember MexicanSpanish "Ambosdos"inspanishisredundantandincorrect. Whatyoumeanwith"verypeculiar"? Soit'swrongtosayorwrite"bothtwo"? Helppls   inib SeniorMember LaRioja,Spain BritishEnglish Imeanveryweird,verystrange,andIthinkwrong.   J juan2937 Banned Spanish inibsaid: Imeanveryweird,verystrange,andIthinkwrong. Clicktoexpand... ThoughitisusedinmedievalSpanish(amdosdos/ambosados)assynonymsof'AMBOS'"ambosadosterminaríandiciendolocontrario"Thisusageisredundantandnoitadvised.   soundshift SeniorMember Derby(centralEngland) English-England I'veneverheard"bothtwo"either.Stickto"both"andyoucan'tgowrong.   J juan2937 Banned Spanish soundshiftsaid: I'veneverheard"bothtwo"either.Stickto"both"andyoucan'tgowrong. Clicktoexpand... "RAEDPD.3.ambos(a)dos.Estalocución,sinónimadeambos,eramuyfrecuenteenelespañolmedievalyclásico,másconpreposición(ambosados)quesinella(ambosdos),yenestasdosformashapervividohastanuestrosdías:«Ambasadosterminaríandiciendo[...]locontrario»(VergesCenizas[R.Dom.1980]);«EltruenofueJuncalRiveroysumadre,denegroyplataambasdos»(Vanguardia[Esp.]2.11.95).Porsucarácterredundante,estáenretrocesoenelhablacultaysedesaconsejasuempleo."   WanderingJJ SeniorMember England BritishEnglish cexar2said: Ihaveheardthisphrase"bothtwo"toreferto2peopleorthings...isitcorrecttouseit? Inspanishisnotcorrecttosay"ambosdos" Couldyougiveexamplesplease? Clicktoexpand... Areyousureitwasn't"Iwouldaskyoubothtoarrivearound7thisevening."? "Bothtwo"isneverusedinEnglish.   H Haz. SeniorMember Guadalajara,Mexico English-Australia IthinkWanderingJJhasprobablyfoundtherootoftheconfusion,"bothtwo"makesabsolutelynosenseinEnglishasastandaloneexpression.   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link Spanish-English/Español-Inglés Spanish-EnglishGrammar/GramáticaEspañol-Inglés Top