few

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pocos

∗ adjective

few
[fjuː]
sustantivo
también:
  • the few who came -> los pocos que vinieron
adjetivo
1pocos(as) (not many)
  • his visits are few and far between -> sólo viene muy de vez en cuando
  • every few minutes/days -> cada pocos minutos/días
  • he gave too few examples -> dio muy pocos ejemplos
  • as few as a dozen finished the race -> tan sólo una docena terminó la carrera
  • few people knew who she was -> pocos sabían quién era
2(some)
  • a few -> unos(as) pocos(as), algunos(as)
  • a good few -> unos cuantos
  • quite a few -> bastantes
  • in the next few days -> en los próximos días
pronombre
3pocos(as) (not many)
  • there are very/too few of us -> somos muy/demasiado pocos
  • few (of them) could speak French -> pocos (de ellos) hablaban francés
  • few, if any -> pocos(as) o ninguno(a), apenas alguno(a)
4(some)
  • a few -> algunos(as)
  • a few of the survivors -> algunos supervivientes
  • a few of us -> algunos de nosotros

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few [fju:] [fiu]
adjetivo
1Poco, en corto número.
2Unos, algunos.
  • A -> (a) un corto número, algunos
  • No -> no pocos, muchos
  • The -> la minoría
(b) En algún grado, algo.(Few se emplea siempre con un nombre en plural.) In , en substancia, en una palabra.

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few [fjuː]
adjective
pronoun
fewer (comparative)fewest (superlative)
1 (not many) pocosaspocas;as pocas
few books pocos libros; few of them pocos (de ellos); only a few solo unos pocos; only a few of them came solo vinieron unos pocos
there are very few of us we are very few somos muy pocos
few (people) managed to do it muy pocos consiguieron hacerlo; the few who ... los pocos que ...; she is one of the few (people) who ... ella es una de los pocos que ...; such men are few hay pocos hombres así
as few as three of themas nada más que tres
every few weeksevery cada dos o tres semanas
with few exceptionsexceptions con pocas excepciones
they are few and far betweenfar son contados
the lucky fewlucky unos pocos unos cuantos afortunados;or
in over the next few daysornext en durante los próximos días;or en estos días; (LAm)
in over the past few daysorpast en durante los últimos días;or
the last remaining few minutesorremaining el poco tiempo que queda/quedaba
too fewtoo demasiado pocos
there were three too few faltaban tres
2 (some, several)
a few algunos
a good few quite a few bastantes
a good few quite a few (people) cameor vinieron bastantes; vino bastante gente
he'd had a few (drinks)had (informal) llevaba ya una copa de más
a few moremore algunos más
(in) a few more days dentro de unos pocos días
a few of themof algunos de ellos

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