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1) (to a certain extent; slightly; a little: He's rather nice; That's a rather silly question / rather a silly question; I've eaten rather more than I should have.) bastante; más bien, un tanto, un poco, algo2) (more willingly; preferably: I'd rather do it now than later; Can we do it now rather than tomorrow?; I'd rather not do it at all; I would/had rather you didn't do that; Wouldn't you rather have this one?; I'd resign rather than do that.) antes que, mejor... que...3) (more exactly; more correctly: He agreed, or rather he didn't disagree; One could say he was foolish rather than wicked.) más bien, para ser más precisosrather adv bastante / algoit's rather expensive, is there nothing cheaper? es bastante caro, ¿no hay nada más barato?tr['rɑːðəSMALLr/SMALL]■ would you rather stay in? ¿preferirías quedarte en casa?■ rather than put my foot in it, I said nothing antes que meter la pata, preferí no decir nada3 (more precisely) o mejor dicho; (not) y no■ there was a river, or rather a stream había un río, o mejor dicho un arroyorather ['ræðər, 'rʌ-, 'rɑ-] advshe would rather stay in the house: preferiría quedarse en casaI'd rather not: mejor que nomy father, or rather my stepfather: mi padre, o mejor dicho mi padrastro3) instead: sino que, más que, al contrarioI'm not pleased; rather I'm disappointed: no estoy satisfecho, sino desilusionado4) somewhat: algo, un tantorather strange: un poco extraño5) quite: bastanterather difficult: bastante difíciladv.• algo adv.• bastante adv.• mejor adv.• mejor dicho adv.• mucho adv.• muy adv.• más adv.• más bien adv.• por el contrario adv.• primero adv.• sino adv.• un poco adv.interj.• ya lo creo interj.'ræðər, 'rɑːðə(r)1)a) ( stating preference)b) ( more precisely)we're acquaintances rather than friends — somos conocidos, más que amigos
she has a shop, or rather a stall — tiene una tienda, o mejor dicho un puesto
she looks rather like Janet — se parece algo or un poco a Janet
['rɑːðǝ(r)]I rather think that... — me da la impresión or tengo la sensación de que...
1. ADV1) (preference)we decided to camp, rather than stay at a hotel — decidimos acampar, en lugar de quedarnos en un hotel
"would you like a sweet?" - "I'd rather have an apple" — -¿quieres un caramelo? -preferiría una manzana
would you rather stay here? — ¿prefieres quedarte?
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anything rather than that! — hum ¡cualquier cosa menos eso!•
"I'm going to have it out with the boss" - "rather you than me!" — -voy a planteárselo al jefe -¡allá tú!2) (=somewhat) algo, un poco•
he looks rather like his mother — se parece un poco a su madre•
I feel rather more happy today — hoy me siento algo más contento•
I rather suspected as much — me lo sospechaba•
I rather think he won't come — me inclino a creer que no vendrá•
that is rather too dear — es algo caro (para mí etc)3) (=quite) bastanteit's a rather difficult task, it's rather a difficult task — es una tarea bastante difícil
"isn't she pretty?" - "yes, she is rather" — -¿es guapa, eh? -sí, bastante
"are you keen to go?" - "yes, I am rather" — -¿tienes ganas de ir? -sí que quiero
£20! that's rather a lot! — ¡20 libras! ¡es bastante caro!
4) (=more accurately)rather it is a matter of money — antes es cuestión de dinero, es al contrario or más bien cuestión de dinero
or rather — o mejor dicho, es decir
a car, or rather an old banger — un coche, o mejor dicho, un trasto viejo
2.EXCL † ¡ya lo creo!, ¡cómo no! (LAm)"would you like some?" - "rather!" — ¿quieres algo de esto? - ¡ya lo creo! or ¡por supuesto!
* * *['ræðər, 'rɑːðə(r)]1)a) ( stating preference)b) ( more precisely)we're acquaintances rather than friends — somos conocidos, más que amigos
she has a shop, or rather a stall — tiene una tienda, o mejor dicho un puesto
she looks rather like Janet — se parece algo or un poco a Janet
I rather think that... — me da la impresión or tengo la sensación de que...
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