quite [kwaɪt]
adverb
1 (completely) totalmente; completamente
quite new completamente nuevo; I'm not quite sure no estoy del todo seguro; I quite agree with you estoy totalmente de acuerdo contigo; it's quite clear that this plan won't work está clarísimo que este plan no va a funcionar; that's quite enough for me eso me basta a mí; that'll be quite enough of that! ¡ya está bien!; I can quite believe that ... no me cuesta creer que ...; I quite understand comprendo perfectamente; I don't quite understand it no acabo de entenderlo; they are quite simply the best son simple y llanamente los mejores; quite frankly, I can't stand him para ser totalmente sincero, no lo aguanto; you could quite easily have killed yourself podrías haberte matado con toda facilidad; that's not quite right eso no es totalmente cierto; he has not quite recovered yet no se ha repuesto todavía del todo; it was quite three months since she had called (old-fashioned) habían pasado por lo menos tres meses desde que llamó; he's quite grown up now ahora está hecho todo un hombre
2 (exactly) exactamente
it's not quite what we wanted no es exactamente lo que queríamos; we don't quite know no sabemos exactamente; it's not quite the same no es exactamente lo mismo; quite (so)! ¡así es!; ¡exacto!; not quite as many as last time no tantos como la última vez
3 (rather) bastante
it's quite good/important es bastante bueno/importante; "how was the film?" — "quite good" —¿qué tal la película? —bastante bien; it was quite a surprise me sorprendió bastante; it was quite a shock fue bastante chocante; quite a lot bastante; I've been there quite a lot he ido allí bastante; quite a lot of money bastante dinero; it costs quite a lot to go abroad es bastante caro salir al extranjero
