little

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poco

∗ adjective

little
[?l?t?l]
sustantivo
1 poco (m)
  • a little (bit) -> un poco
  • to eat little or nothing -> apenas comer
  • he knows very little -> no sabe casi nada
  • a little more -> un poco más
  • a little hot/slow -> un poco caliente/lento(a)
  • little by little -> poco a poco
  • every little helps -> todo cuenta aunque sea poco
adjetivo
2 pequeño(a) (small)
  • a little girl -> una niña pequeña
  • a little house -> una casita
  • wait a little while! -> ¡espera un poco!
  • little finger -> (dedo (m) ) meñique (m)
  • little toe -> meñique (m) del pie
3(comparative less superlative least) poco(a) (not much)
  • a little money/luck -> un poco de dinero/suerte
  • there is little hope/doubt… -> quedan pocas esperanzas/dudas…
  • it makes little sense -> no tiene mucho sentido
adverbio (comparative less superlative least)
4 poco
  • little known -> poco conocido
  • little more than an hour ago -> hace poco más de una hora
  • that's little short of bribery -> eso es poco menos que un soborno
  • little did I think that… -> poco me podía imaginar que…

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little [li-tel]
adjetivo
1 LESS y a veces LESSER; super.
2 Poco, escaso, limitado y corto en cantidad; pequeño, chico.
3 De poca importancia, insignificante; mediano, ligero; de aquí, despreciable, mezquino.
  • This has done me little or no service -> esto me ha servido de poco o nada
  • A little one -> un niño
  • By little and little -> poco a poco
  • Be it ever so little -> por poco que sea
  • Littl -> se traduce a menudo en español por una desinencia diminutiva: a little house, casita; a little one, chiquillo, chiquitín
sustantivo
4 Poco, parte o porción pequeña de alguna cosa.
  • Little finger -> dedo meñique
  • A little sleep -> un poco de sueño
adverbio
5 Poco.
  • Sing a little -> cante Ud
LEAST). un poco.

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little [ˈlɪtl]
adjective
1 (small) pequeño; chico; (LAm)
a little house una casa pequeña chica;or (LAm) a little book un libro pequeño chico;or (LAm) 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
The lights were on upstairs, so I suppose she was putting the little ones into bed
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 etcetc un librito/barquito/trocito etc;etc a little house una casita; a little girl una niñita; una chiquita
just a little gift
a little fish un pececillo; un pececito; a little sip un sorbito; the little woman (humorous) (wife) la costilla; (informal) la parienta; (Esp) (informal)
I'm taking the little woman shopping in Bond Street
it's the little man who suffers (small trader) el pequeño comerciante es el que sale perdiendo
he's quite a the little gentleman!
it's just a little something (informal) no es más que una cosita de poco valor
4 (younger)
her little brother su hermano menor; su hermanito
modifier
little end (n) (Britain) (Aut) pie de biela; (m)
Little Englander (n) (Britain) (Hist) en el siglo XIX, persona con ideas opuestas a la ampliación del imperio británico; (chauvinist) patrioteroapatriotera;a patriotera (m) (f)
Taylor was yesterday branded a Little Englander as football bosses lashed out at him over his call for a ban on importing players from abroad
(anti-European) anti-europeoísta; (m)
Mrs Thatcher remains a Little Englander, clinging to illusions of national sovereignty in an age of interdependence and integration
little finger (n) dedo meñique; (m) meñique; (m)
the little folk (n) (fairies) los duendecillos
little green men the little hand a literary magazine that features experimental or other writing of interest to a limited number of readers
the little people (n) (fairies) los duendecillos
little toe (n) dedo pequeño del pie; (m)
little [ˈlɪtl] less (comparative)least (superlative)
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!
as little as £5as 5 libras, nada más
there's very little leftleft queda muy poco
to make little of sthmake (play down) quitarle importancia a algo
Government spokesmen have made little of the latest setback
(fail to exploit) desaprovechar algo
He made little of his opportunities
they made little of loading the huge boxes (accomplish easily) cargaron las enormes cajas como si nada
little of what he says is trueof poco de lo que dice es verdad
little or nothingor poco o nada
to spend little or nothing gastar poco o nada
he lost weight because he ate so littleso adelgazó porque comía muy poco
I know too little about him to have an opiniontoo no lo conozco lo suficiente para poder opinar
too little too late muy poco y muy tarde
The move was dismissed in the financial markets as too little, too late Greenpeace has criticised the operation to disperse the original thousand tons of oil as too little, too late
2 (some)
give me a little dame un poco; I had a little of everything comí un poco de todo
I know a little about stamp collecting
little by littleby poco a poco
however little you give, we'll be gratefulhowever agradeceremos su donativo, por pequeño que sea
a little less/more milklessmore un poco menos/más de leche
a little more slowly un poco más despacio
the little I have seen is excellentthe lo poco que he visto me ha parecido excelente
I did what little I couldwhat hice lo poco que pude
every
3 (short time)
they'll have to wait a little tendrán que esperar un poco
after a little There was absolute silence between them. After a little he said, "I think I'd better be going."
for a littlefor un rato; durante un rato
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 dificultad;or
so much to do, so little timeso tanto que hacer y en tan poco tiempo
I have so little time for reading tengo muy poco tiempo para leer
he gave me too little moneytoo me dio poquísimo dinero
I have very little moneyvery tengo muy poco dinero
2 (some)
a little wine un poco de vino; I speak a little Spanish hablo un poco de español
a little bit (of)bit un poquito (de)
There was only a little bit of cake left we're having a little (bit of) trouble
with no little troubleno con bastante dificultad; con no poca dificultad
3 (short)
for a little time whiletimeorwhile un ratito
Do you mind if I look around for a little while? after a little time while
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
try to move as little as possibleas intenta moverte lo menos posible
(as) little as I like him, I must admit that ... aunque me gusta muy poco, debo admitir que ...
a little known factknown un hecho poco conocido
little more thanmore poco más que
little more than a month ago hace poco más de un mes
it's little better now he's rewritten it
a little read bookread un libro poco leído; un libro que se lee poco
it's little short of a miracleshort es casi un milagro
If he was not quite at his best in the final, it had to be accepted that it was little short of a miracle he was playing at all The casting is little short of miraculous
2 (somewhat) algo
we were a little surprised/happier nos quedamos algo sorprendidos/más contentos
a little betterbetter un poco mejor; algo mejor
he spoke a little harshly she reacted a little unreasonably a little too big
a little less/more than ...lessmore un poco menos/más que ...
we were not a little worriednot 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 televisión muy poco; it occurs very little in small companies raramente ocurre es raro que ocurra en empresas pequeñas;or
I see him little these days

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