dotzena

In a sentence

• He comprat una dotzena d'ous al mercat.

  I bought a dozen eggs at the market.

  Here, 'dotzena' is used to count a group of twelve objects, specifying a dozen eggs.

• A la dotzena setmana, vam acabar el projecte.

  At the twelfth week, we finished the project.

  In this sentence, 'dotzena' is used as an ordinal numbering word to denote the twelfth instance in a sequence of weeks.

• Ell té dotzena paciència i sempre ajuda els altres.

  He has infinite patience and always helps others.

  Here 'dotzena' is used metaphorically to emphasize a quality, in this case, patience, suggesting an abundant or excessive amount.