fewer

menos

USAGE NOTE

"Fewer" is used with plural countable nouns, and "less" is used with uncountable nouns.

fewer(fyu-uhr)

adjective

1. (a smaller number of)

a. menos

This train makes fewer stops than the 8:15 train.

Este tren hace menos paradas que el tren de las 8:15.

pronoun

2. (a smaller number)

a. menos

Hundreds of people were exposed to the virus, but fewer than twenty got sick.

Cientos de personas estuvieron expuestas al virus, pero menos de veinte se enfermaron.