two-man tent
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tienda de dos personas
- Have you ever used a two-man tent?
Examples
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After checking the weather, we decided to take the two-man tent for our hike in the mountains.
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The couple slept comfortably in their two-man tent each night.
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We packed a two-man tent for our weekend hiking trip.
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You can borrow my two-man tent if you don't have one for the camping festival.
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We set up our two-man tent by the lake.
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My friend and I set up our two-man tent by the lake for the weekend camping trip.
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Packing light, we only needed our sleeping bags and a two-man tent for our adventure in the forest.
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Morphology
two-man + tent
The meaning 'a tent designed to accommodate two people' is directly and compositionally derived from the constituents: 'two' (number) + 'man' (person) indicating capacity, plus 'tent' (shelter). This capacity-marking compound mirrors common patterns like 'two-person tent' in other languages, so a B1 learner who knows the parts will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The name two-man tent is a simple size name: it's a tent for two people, and the word man here means 'person'. So it means 'a tent made to hold two people'.