menor
menor
adjective
1. (comparativo) smaller (en tamaño)(que than); younger (que than); less, lesser (que than); lower (que than) (en edad)(en importancia)(en número)
2. (superlativo)
- el/la menor… (en edad)(en importancia)(en número) -> the smallest…; (en tamaño) the youngest…; (en edad) the slightest…; (en importancia) the lowest… (en número)
- la menor de las islas -> the smallest island, the smallest of the islands
- el menor ruido le molesta -> the slightest noise disturbs him
3. (intrascendente, secundario)
- un problema menor -> a minor problem
also:
- ser menor de edad -> to be under age; (para votar, conducir) to be a minor (law)
- aún es menor para salir solo -> he's still a bit young to go out on his own
4. (Mús)
- en do menor -> in C minor
5. (commerce)
- al por menor -> retail
masculine or feminine noun
6. (superlativo)
- el/la menor -> the youngest (hijo, hermano)
7. minor (law) (niño)
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menor [may-nor']
noun
1. Minor, one under age. (f)
2. Minor premise, the second proposition in a syllogism. (f)
3. Minor, minorite, a Franciscan friar or nun. (f)
- Los menores de edad -> those who are under age
noun, plural
4. The third class in a grammar-school.
5. Minor orders.
article
1. Less, smaller (en tamaño), minor.
2. Minor, in music.
- Menor edad -> minority, under age
- Hermano menor -> younger brother
- Por menor -> by retail, in small parts; minutely
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