No. 726 in Russian
пару
The Russian word "пару" means "a couple" or "a pair" in English.
In a sentence
Я купил пару яблок.
I bought a couple of apples.
The word 'пару' here refers to 'a couple of' or 'a few', indicating a small number of apples.
Дай мне пару минут, чтобы закончить.
Give me a couple of minutes to finish.
In this sentence, 'пару' means 'a couple of' or 'a few', showing a small quantity of minutes.
Мы встретились пару раз на концертах.
We met a couple of times at concerts.
Here, 'пару' refers to 'a couple of' times, indicating a few instances.
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