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El significado de México tiene algo que ver con el ombligo del ser humano y la luna. ¿Qué es?
little / pequeño
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little
A. -adjective
1. (=small) pequeño, chico Latin America
·a little house
una casa pequeña or Latin America chica
·a little book
un libro pequeño or Latin America chico
·she had a little girl yesterday
·ayer tuvo una niñita
·when I was little
·cuando era pequeña, de pequeña
·the little ones
(=children) los pequeños
2. (=short) corto
·a little walk
·un paseo corto
·we went for a little holiday
·nos fuimos para unas vacaciones cortitas
3. (=diminutive) (in cpds) -ito
·a little book/boat/piece etcetera
·un librito/barquito/trocito etcetera
·a little house
·una casita
·a little girl
·una niñita, una chiquita
·a little fish
·un pececillo, un pececito
·a little sip
·un sorbito
·the little woman
humorous
(=wife) la costilla *, la parienta Spain Spain
·it'noun the little man who suffers
(=small trader) el pequeño comerciante es el que sale perdiendo
·it'noun just a little something
* no es masculineánoun que una cosita de poco valor
4. (=younger)
·her little brother
·su hermano menor, su hermanito
B. -compound
·little end -noun
(British, Great Britain) (automobiles) pie (m) de biela
·Little Englander -noun
(British, Great Britain) (history) en el siglo XIX, persona con ideas opuestas a la ampliaciónoun del imperio británico
(=chauvinist) patriotero (m) / patriotera (f)
(=anti-European) anti-europeoísta masculine and feminine
·little finger -noun dedo (m) meñique, meñique (m)
·the little people -noun plural
(Ireland)
(=fairies) los duendecillos
·little toe -noun dedo (m) pequeño del pie
little / poco
little
less comparative
least superlative
A. -pronoun
1. (=not much) poco
·he knows little
·sabe poco
·to see/do little
·ver/hacer poco
·there was little we could do
·apenas había nada que hacer
·he had little to say
·poco fue lo que tenía que decir
·that has little to do with it!
·¡eso tiene poco que ver!
a. [as] little as £5 = 5 libras, nada masculineánoun
b. there'noun very little [left] = queda muy poco
c. to [make] little of something
(=play down) quitarle importancia a algo
(=fail to exploit) desaprovechar algo
·they made little of loading the huge boxes
(=accomplish easily) cargaron las enormes cajas como si nada
d. little [of] what he says is true = poco de lo que dice es verdad
e. little [or] nothing = poco o nada
·to spend little or nothing
·gastar poco o nada
f. he lost weight because he ate [so] little = adelgazó porque comía muy poco
g. I know [too] little about him to have an opinion = no lo conozco lo suficiente para poder opinar
·too little too late
·muy poco y muy tarde
2. (=some)
·give me a little
·dame un poco
·I had a little of everything
·comí un poco de todo
a. little [by] little = poco a poco
b. [however] little you give, we'll be grateful = agradeceremos su donativo, por pequeño que sea
c. a little [less]/[more] milk = un poco menos/masculineánoun de leche
·a little more slowly
·un poco masculineánoun despacio
d. [the] little I have seen is excellent = lo poco que he visto me ha parecido excelente
e. I did [what] little I could = hice lo poco que pude
3. (=short time)
·they'll have to wait a little
·tendránoun que esperar un poco
a. [for] a little = un rato, durante un rato
B. -adjective
1. (=not much) poco
·there is little [hope] of finding them alive
·hay pocas esperanzas de encontrarlos con vida
·with little [difficulty]
·sin problema or dificultad
a. so much to do, [so] little time = tanto que hacer y en tan poco tiempo
·I have so little time for reading
·tengo muy poco tiempo para leer
b. he gave me [too] little money = me dio poquísimo dinero
c. I have [very] little money = tengo muy poco dinero
2. (=some)
·a little wine
·un poco de vino
·I speak a little Spanish
·hablo un poco de español
a. a little [bit] (of) = un poquito (de)
b. with [no] little trouble = con bastante dificultad, con no poca dificultad
3. (=short)
a. for a little [time] or [while] = un ratito
C. -adverb
1. (=not much) poco
·he reads little
·lee poco
·they spoke very little on the way home
·hablaron muy poco de camino para casa
a. try to move [as] little as possible = intenta moverte lo menos posible
·(as) little as I like him, I must admit that ...
·aunque me gusta muy poco, debo admitir que ...
b. a little [known] fact = un hecho poco conocido
c. little [more] than = poco masculineánoun que
·little more than a month ago
·hace poco masculineánoun de un mes
d. a little [read] book = un libro poco leído, un libro que se lee poco
e. it'noun little [short] of a miracle = es casi un milagro
2. (=somewhat) algo
·we were a little surprised/happier
·nos quedamos algo sorprendidos/masculineánoun contentos
a. a little [better] = un poco mejor, algo mejor
b. a little [less]/[more] than ... = un poco menos/masculineánoun que ...
c. we were [not] a little worried = nos inquietamos bastante, quedamos muy inquietos
3. (=not at all)
·little does he know that ...
·he little knows that ...
·no tiene la menor idea de que ...
4. (=rarely) poco
·I watch television very little nowadays
·ahora veo la televisiónoun muy poco
·it occurs very little in small companies
·raramente ocurre or es raro que ocurra en empresas pequeñas
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged and Audio Headword Pronunciation (Spanish) 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co Ltd. 1971,1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992,1993,1996,1997,2000,2003,2005.
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