Numerical collectives nouns that represent a certain number of people of objects are much more common in Spanish than in English.
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Most of the English numerical collective nouns have equivalents in Spanish:
- a pair of shoes (un par de zapatos)
- a trio of stars (un trío de estrellas)
- a dozen roses (una docena de rosas)
- a score of neighbors (una veintena de vecinos)
- Una decena de personas han muerto. (Ten people have died.)
- Una treintena de empresas vascas recibirán la certificación. (A group of 30 Basque businesses will receive certification.)
- Las donaciones de una cincuentena de países se acercan a los 4 mil millones de dólares. (Donations of 50 countries are approaching $4 billion.)
- Centenares de calamares gigantes han encallado en las playas de California. (Hundreds of giant squid have washed up on California beaches.)
- Más de un millar de personas debieron ser evacuadas. (More than 1,000 people had to be evacuated.)

