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slight / ligero
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slight
A. -adjective
slighter comparative
slightest superlative
1. (=small, minor)
1.1. [difference, change, increase, improvement] ligero, pequeño [injury, problem, exaggeration] pequeño [accent, movement] ligero [breeze] suave [smile, pain] leve
·after a slight hesitation, he agreed
·despuénoun de vacilar ligeramente, accedió
·the chances of him winning are very slight
·tiene muy pocas posibilidades de ganar
a. the wall is at a slight [angle] = la pared está ligeramente inclinada
b. to have a slight [cold] = tener un pequeño resfriado, estar un poco resfriado
c. to walk with a slight [limp] = cojear ligeramente
d. to have a slight [temperature] = tener un poco de fiebre
1.2. the slightest: it doesn't make the slightest [bit] of difference = no importa en lo masculineánoun masculineínimo
b. without the slightest [hesitation] = sin dudarlo ni un momento
c. I haven't the slightest [idea] = no tengo ni la masculineánoun remota idea
d. not [in] the slightest = en absoluto
e. nobody showed the slightest [interest] = nadie mostró el menor interénoun
f. he takes offence at the slightest [thing] = se ofende por la menor cosa or por cualquier nimiedad
2. (=slim) [figure, person] delgado, menudo
a. to be of slight [build] = ser de constituciónoun delgada or menuda
3. formal usage
(=insignificant) [book, piece of music] de poca envergadura
a. a book of very slight [scholarship] = un libro de poca erudiciónoun
B. -noun formal usage desaire (m)
·this is a slight on all of us
·es un desaire para todos nosotros
C. -transitive verb
formal usage
[+person] desairar a, hacer un desaire a
[+work, efforts] menospreciar, despreciar
·he felt that he had been slighted
·sintió que le habían desairado, sintió que le habían hecho un desaire
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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