How to say "a pair of jeans" in Spanish correctly?
If I want to say "a pair of jeans or trousers" in Spanish, should I use "el pantalon" or "los pantalones"?
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Pantalones: dos o más Pantalon: uno solo
You should use “pantalones”
- Patricia YapurSpanish Native Tutor for many years, worked in the Hotel and Tourist field, world traveller.
In Mexico we call them: Pantalones de mezclilla, but we use jeans as well.
Al estar hablando de más de un jean, o pantalón, debes usar el plural diciendo "pantalones"
- Jose GrullonConversational English and Spanish. Native Spanish speaker and a lot of years speaking English.
It really depends on the country. In Dominican Republic, we call them "jeans." Other countries refer to them as "pantalones," "vaqueros," etc. in the DR, to say: "I bought a pair of jeans," we would say: "Compré unos jeans." Hope it helps!
- Andrew StaufferSpanish Tutor (Spanish 1-4) English Tutor (grades 9-12)
actualmente, es una palabra de ingles, asi que se usa solo la palabra "los blue jeans"
Para más de dos lo correcto es pantalones, pantalón se usa para uno solo
Hi , great question 👍, you can use either, however unos pantalones sounds better, just a matter of preference x
- HyaBanegasNative Spanish speaker with 4 years of experience in the English language
" Un par de pantalones" if it's two, but if it's one, You should use "un pantalón "
"Un par de pantalones" is the translation but it is not how we actually say it. We say "unos pantalones" or "unos jeans". Cheers ♥
¡Hola Lidia! puedes decir "un par de pantalones", si quieres especificar el tipo de pantalones, en este caso podrías decir: "un par de pantalones vaqueros" o "un par de jeans"; pero la forma que generalmente usa más la gente es " un par de pantalones vaqueros" o también, " unos pantalones vaqueros" Espero haberte aclarado tu pregunta. Hasta luego
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