POCAS - Tradução Espanhol-inglês

espanhol

inglês

poco¹ ADV

es muy poco agradecido: he is very ungrateful

es muy poco agradecido: he isn't at all grateful

es un autor muy poco conocido: he is a very little-known author

me resultó poco interesante: I didn't find it very interesting

me resultó poco interesante: I found it rather uninteresting

habla poco: he doesn't say much o a lot

duerme poquísimo: she sleeps very little

duerme poquísimo: she doesn't sleep very much

viene muy poco por aquí: he hardly ever comes around

poco y nada me ayudaron: they hardly helped me at all

… con lo poco que le gusta el arroz: … and he doesn't even like rice

poco² (poca) ADJ

poco (poca) (con sustantivos no numerables): little

poco (poca) (en plural): few

muy poco vino: very little wine

muy pocos niños: very few children

hemos tenido muy poca suerte: we've been very unlucky

hemos tenido muy poca suerte: we've had very little luck

¡qué poco sentido común tienes!: you don't have much common sense, do you?

tengo muy poca ropa: I have hardly any clothes

tengo muy poca ropa: I have very few clothes

a poca gente se le presenta esa oportunidad: not many people get that opportunity

hay muy pocas mujeres en el gremio: there are very few women in the trade

éramos demasiado pocos: there were too few of us

éramos demasiado pocos: there weren't enough of us

fue asombroso, todo lo que te pueda decir es poco: it was amazing, I can't begin to tell you

a esta mujer todo le parece poco: this woman is never satisfied

me he olvidado del poco francés/de las pocas palabras que sabía: I've forgotten the little French/the few words I knew

le dio unos pocos pesos: she gave him a few pesos

poco³ (poca) PRON

1. poco (poca cantidad, poca cosa):

le serví sopa pero comió poca: I gave her some soup but she only ate a little o she didn't eat much

sírvele poco, desayunó muy tarde: don't give him (too) much, he had a late breakfast

por poco que gane, siempre es otro sueldo: no matter how little o however little she earns o even if she doesn't earn much, it's still another salary coming in

se conforma con poco: he's easily satisfied

poco faltó para que me pegara: he nearly hit me

poco y nada saqué en limpio de lo que dijo: what he said made little or no sense to me

lo poco que gana se lo gasta en vino: he spends the little o what little he earns on wine

compra más lentejas, nos quedan muy pocas: buy some more lentils, we've hardly any left o we have very few left

es un profesor como pocos: there aren't many teachers like him

pocos pueden permitirse ese lujo: not many people can afford to do that

2. poco:

poco (refiriéndose a tiempo) lo vi hace poco: I saw him recently o not long ago

hace muy poco que lo conoce: she hasn't known him for very long

hace muy poco que lo conoce: she's only known him a little while

tardó poco en pintar la cocina: it didn't take him long to paint the kitchen

falta poco para las navidades: it's not long till Christmas

falta poco para las navidades: Christmas isn't far off

a poco de terminar el bombardeo: soon o shortly after the bombing stopped

dentro de poco sale otro tren: there'll be another train soon o shortly

poco antes de que ella se fuera: a short while o shortly before she left

3.1. poco:

poco (poca) (refiriéndose a cantidades): a little

poco (poca) (refiriéndose a tiempo): a while

¿te sirvo un poco?: would you like a little o some?

descansemos un poco: let's rest for a while

descansemos un poco: let's have a little rest

espera un poquito: wait a little while

todavía le duele un poquitín o poquitito: it still hurts him a little

3.2. poco:

(un poco de) ponle un poco de pimienta/vino: add a little (bit of) pepper/wine

tiene un poco de fiebre: he has a slight fever

tiene un poco de fiebre: he has a bit of a temperature o a slight temperature Brit

come un poco de jamón: have a bit of o some o a little ham

3.3. poco:

un poco (hasta cierto punto), es un poco lo que está pasando en Japón: it's rather like what's happening in Japan

un poco porque me dio lástima: partly because I felt sorry for him

3.4. poco (un poco + adj/adv):

un poco caro/tarde: a bit o a little expensive/late

me queda un poco corto: it's a bit short o a little short o slightly too short (for me)

habla un poco más fuerte: speak up a bit o a little

4. poco en locs:

a poco Méx, ¿a poco no lees los periódicos?: don't you read the newspapers?

¡a poco no está fabuloso Acapulco!: isn't Acapulco just fantastic!

¡a poco ganaron!: don't tell me they won!

nos sacamos el gordo de la lotería — ¡a poco !: we won the big lottery prize — you didn't!

de a poco lat-amer: gradually

agrégale la leche de a poquito: add the milk gradually o a little at a time

de a poquito se lo fue comiendo: little by little o slowly she ate it all up

(en poco) en poco estuvo que nos ganaran: they came very close to beating us

(en poco) en poco estuvo que nos ganaran: they very nearly beat us

en poco estuvo que no viniéramos: we almost didn't come

tienen en poco la vida ajena: they set little value on other people's lives

me tienes bien en poco si me crees capaz de eso: you can't think very highly o much of me if you think I could do such a thing

poco a poco o Méx a poquito: gradually

poco a poco la fueron arreglando: they gradually fixed it up

poco a poco la fueron arreglando: they fixed it up little by little

poco más o menos: approximately

poco más o menos: roughly

habrán gastado unos dos millones, poco más o menos: they must have spent in the neighborhood of two million

habrán gastado unos dos millones, poco más o menos: they must have spent in the region of two million Brit

poco menos que: nearly

es poco menos que imposible: it's well-nigh o almost o very nearly impossible

le pegó una paliza que poco menos que la mata coloq: he gave her such a beating he almost o nearly killed her

poco menos que los echan a patadas coloq: they practically kicked them out

por poco: nearly

por poco nos descubren: we were nearly found out

a buen entendedor pocas palabras (bastan) prov: a word to the wise is enough

inglês

espanhol

seldom: pocas veces

she seldom goes out now: rara vez or pocas veces or casi nunca sale ahora

rarely: pocas veces

we rarely go out: rara vez or pocas veces or casi nunca salimos

inhospitably: poco hospitalariamente

inhospitably: con poca hospitalidad

uninformative: poco informativo

he was very uninformative: aportó muy poca información

to have a short fuse: tener pocas or malas pulgas

much ado about nothing: mucho ruido y pocas nueces

espanhol

inglês

poco (-a) <poquísimo> ADJ

poco (-a): little

pocos: few

aquí hay poca comida para dos personas: there's not much food here for two people

hay pocas colecciones mejores que ésta: there are few collections better than this one

tiene pocas probabilidades de aprobar: he has little chance of passing

I. poco SUBST m

1. poco (cantidad):

un poco de azúcar: a little sugar

acepta el poco de dinero que te puedo dar: accept what little money I can give you

espera un poco: wait a little

2. poco pl:

poco: few

pocos de los presentes lo sabían: few of those present knew it

los pocos que vinieron...: the few who came ...

es un envidioso como hay pocos: there are few people who are as jealous as him

II. poco ADV

poco: little

escribir poco: to write little

es poco simpático: he is not very friendly

nos da poco más o menos lo mismo: it really doesn't make much difference to us

poco a poco: bit by bit

poco a poco: little by little

poco a poco dejamos de creerle: we gradually stopped believing him

a poco de llegar...: shortly after arriving ...

poco después: shortly afterwards

dentro de poco: soon

desde hace poco: since recently

hace poco: recently

hace poco: not long ago

a/con/por poco que se esfuerce lo conseguirá: with a little bit of effort he/she will get it

por poco me estrello: I very nearly crashed

tener en poco a alguien: to have a low opinion of sb

y por si fuera poco...: and as if that wasn't enough ...

Entrada OpenDict

poco ADV

de a poco (poco a poco): gradually

a buen entendedor, con pocas palabras bastan prov: a word to the wise is sufficient prov

inglês

espanhol

understocked: con pocas existencias

understocked shelves: estanterías f pl con pocas existencias

to be disinclined to do sth: tener pocas ganas de hacer algo

dowdy: poco atractivo, -a

to wear dowdy clothes: vestir con poca gracia

there is every/little likelihood that ...: hay muchas/pocas probabilidades de que... +subj

much ado about nothing: mucho ruido y pocas nueces

small beer: poca cosa

espanhol

inglês

poco (-a) <poquísimo> [ˈpo·ko, -a] ADJ

poco (-a): little

pocos: few

queda poca comida: there's not much food left

hay pocas colecciones mejores que ésta: there are few collections better than this one

tiene pocas probabilidades de aprobar: he/she has little chance of passing

I. poco [ˈpo·ko] SUBST m

1. poco (cantidad):

un poco de azúcar: a little sugar

espera un poco: wait a little

2. poco pl:

poco: few

pocos de los presentes lo sabían: few of those present knew it

los pocos que vinieron...: the few who came...

es un envidioso como hay pocos: there are few people who are as jealous as him

II. poco [ˈpo·ko] ADV

poco: little

escribir poco: to write little

es poco simpático: he is not very friendly

poco a poco: bit by bit

poco a poco: little by little

poco a poco dejamos de creerle: we gradually stopped believing him

a poco de llegar...: shortly after arriving...

poco después: shortly afterwards

dentro de poco: soon

desde hace poco: since recently

hace poco: recently

hace poco: not long ago

a/con/por poco que se esfuerce lo conseguirá: with a little bit of effort he/she will get it

por poco me estrello: I very nearly crashed

tener en poco a alguien: to have a low opinion of sb

y por si fuera poco...: and as if that wasn't enough...

inglês

espanhol

understocked: con pocas existencias

understocked shelves: estanterías f pl con pocas existencias

to be disinclined to do sth: tener pocas ganas de hacer algo

dowdy: poco atractivo, -a

to wear dowdy clothes: vestir con poca gracia

there is every/little likelihood that...: hay muchas/pocas probabilidades de que... +subj

much ado about nothing: mucho ruido y pocas nueces

few: pocos, pocas

there are few things that please him: hay pocas cosas que le agradan

the pickings are few: las ganancias son pocas

few: pocos, pocas

trickle away: consumirse poco a poco

unhelpful: de poca ayuda

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