What's the difference between pequeña an poco?

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What's the difference between pequeña an poco?

Answer 1

Welcome to the forum!

What you have there is the difference between a reference to size and a reference to amount.

"Pequeño/a/os/as" refers to size. "Es una casa pequeña", "Hay unos zapatos pequeños en la calle", "Tenemos varios pequeños problemas", etc.

"Poco/a/os/as" refers to amount, and can be translated as "a little", "a little bit", "few". For example: "Hay poco trabajo que hacer". "Para jueves hay muy poca tarea". "Tienen muy pocas preguntas".

I hope this has helped, and we hope to see you back here often!

That was a great response. Hay pocos zapatos pequeños y muchos grandes ;) There are few small shoes and many large ones. - Lrtward, Feb 10, 2010

Answer 2

pequeño and pequeña also = small, what the difference of the last letter "o" and "a"? also I found another same example of "bombilla" and "bombillo". thank you very much!ñ

Adjectives agree with the noun in gender, often that means "o" for masculine and "a" for feminine. - lorenzo9, Dec 6, 2010

Answer 3

Pequeno is small. Poco is little or bitty.

pequeño and pequeña also = small, what the difference of the last letter "o" and "a"? - haiven, Dec 5, 2010

Answer 4

It is similar to the difference between "small" and "little" in English.