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a little (bit) surprised

1 bit

I noun
1) (for horse) Gebiss, das; Gebissstange, die

take the bit between one's teeth — (fig.) aufmüpfig werden (ugs.)

2) (of drill) [Bohr]einsatz, der; Bohrer, der
II noun
1) (piece) Stück, das; (smaller) Stückchen, das

a little bit — ein kleines Stückchen

a bit of cheese/sugar/wood/coal — ein bisschen od. etwas Käse/Zucker/ein Stück Holz/etwas Kohle

a bit of trouble/luck — ein wenig Ärger/Glück

the best bits — die besten Teile

it cost quite a bit — es kostete ziemlich viel

bit by bit — Stück für Stück; (gradually) nach und nach

smashed to bits — in tausend Stücke zersprungen

bits and pieces — Verschiedenes

do one's bit — seinen Teil tun

2)

a bit — (somewhat)

a bit tired/too early — ein bisschen müde/zu früh

a little bit, just a bit — ein klein bisschen

quite a bit — um einiges [besser, stärker, hoffnungsvoller]

3)

a bit of — (rather)

be a bit of a coward/bully — ein ziemlicher Feigling sein/den starken Mann markieren (ugs.)

a bit of a disappointment — eine ganz schöne Enttäuschung

4) (short time)

[for] a bit — eine Weile

wait a bit longer — noch ein Weilchen warten

5) (short distance)

a bit — ein Stückchen

a bit closer — ein bisschen näher

6) (Amer.)

two/four/six bits — 25/50/75 Cent
III noun
(Computing) Bit, das
IV
see academic.ru/7197/bite">bite 1., 2.

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[bit]
past tense; = bite

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bit¹

[bɪt]

n ( fam)

1. (piece) Stück nt; ( fig: some)

a \bit of advice ein Rat m

a \bit of news eine Neuigkeit f

\bits of glass Glasscherben pl

\bits of paper Papierfetzen pl

little \bits [of metal] [Metall]stückchen pl

to blow sth to \bits etw zerfetzen

to come [or fall] to \bits kaputtgehen fam

to smash sth to \bits etw zerschmettern [o zertrümmern]

to tear sth to \bits etw zerfetzen [o in Stücke reißen

2. (part) Teil m; of a story, film Stelle f

to do one's \bit seinen Teil beitragen, das Seinige tun

\bit by \bit Stück für Stück, nach und nach

I saved up the money \bit by \bit ich habe mir das Geld Groschen für Groschen zusammengespart

we rebuilt the house over years \bit by \bit wir haben das Haus über die Jahre Stein für Stein wieder aufgebaut

3. (a little)

▪ a \bit ein bisschen [o wenig]

to hear a \bit of news about sb/sth Neuigkeiten über jdn/etw erfahren

to have a \bit put away einiges auf der hohen Kante haben

a [little] \bit of cake/affection ein [kleines] bisschen [o ein [klein] wenig] Kuchen/Zuneigung

I'll have to do a \bit of shopping ich muss noch ein paar Kleinigkeiten einkaufen

to be a \bit tired ein bisschen müde sein

just a \bit ein klein bisschen [o wenig

4. (rather)

▪ a \bit ziemlich

he's put on a \bit of weight er hat ziemlich zugenommen

he's a \bit of a bore er ist ein ziemlicher Langweiler

he's a \bit of a poet er ist gar kein so schlechter Dichter

the house is a \bit like a Swiss chalet das Haus sieht ein bisschen wie ein Schweizer Chalet aus

that was a \bit much das war ein starkes Stück

that was a \bit too much of a coincidence das konnte kein Zufall mehr sein

to be a \bit of an artist künstlerisch ziemlich begabt sein

to be a \bit of a nuisance/problem ziemlich lästig/problematisch sein

5.

a [fair] \bit [or [quite] a \bit] (very) ziemlich, ganz schön fam; (a lot) ziemlich [o fam ganz schön] viel

he's a good \bit older than his wife er ist um einiges älter als seine Frau

[quite] a \bit of money/rain/time ziemlich [o fam ganz schön viel] viel Geld/Regen/Zeit

[quite] a \bit late/expensive ziemlich [o fam ganz schön] spät/teuer

6. (while)

▪ a \bit ein Weilchen

I'm just going out for a \bit ich gehe mal kurz raus fam

I'll come along in a \bit ich komme gleich nach

hold on [or wait] a \bit warte mal [kurz]

7. (in negations)

▪ not a \bit kein bisschen

not the least [or slightest] \bit kein bisschen

but not a \bit of it! BRIT aber nicht die Spur! fam

to be not a \bit of help/use kein bisschen helfen/nützen

to be not the slightest [or not a] \bit tired kein bisschen müde sein

8. pl BRIT

\bits and pieces [or BRIT also bobs] (odds and ends) Krimskrams m fam

\bits and pieces (belongings) [Sieben]sachen pl; (affairs) Sachen pl

sewing \bits and pieces Nähutensilien pl

9. (coin)

threepenny/sixpenny \bit BRIT ( hist) Dreipence-/Sixpencestück nt

two \bits AM ( dated) 25 Cents

10.

▶ to be a \bit of all right BRIT ( dated sl) große Klasse sein fam

▶ every \bit as... as... genauso... wie...

to be every \bit as clever as sb/difficult as sth genauso klug wie jd/schwierig wie etw sein

▶ to be every \bit a gentleman/politician durch und durch ein Gentleman/Politiker sein

▶ to be a \bit of fluff [or skirt] [or stuff] BRIT ( dated sl) eine dufte Biene sein veraltend fam

▶ to go to \bits [völlig] zusammenbrechen

▶ she was his \bit on the side for several years BRIT (sl) sie war jahrelang seine heimliche Geliebte

▶ to be thrilled to \bits ganz aus dem Häuschen sein fam

bit²

[bɪt]

vt, vi pt of bite

bit³

[bɪt]

n Trense f; ( fig)

she was chafing at the \bit waiting for the moment when she could visit her boyfriend sie konnte es kaum erwarten, ihren Freund besuchen zu dürfen

▶ to have [or get] [or take] the \bit between one's teeth (start working) sich akk an die Arbeit machen; (become rebellious) aufmüpfig werden; (try hard) sich akk mächtig anstrengen [o SCHWEIZ a. in's Zeug legen] fam

bit⁴

[bɪt]

n (drill) [Bohrer]einsatz m; (chisel) Meißel m

bit⁵

[bɪt]

n COMPUT Bit nt

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I [bɪt]
n

1) (for horse) Gebiss(stange f) nt

to take the bit between one's teeth (fig) — sich ins Zeug legen

See:

→ champ

2) (of drill) (Bohr)einsatz m, Bohrer m; (of plane) (Hobel)messer nt

3) (of key) (Schlüssel)bart m
II
1. n

1) (= piece) Stück nt; (smaller) Stückchen nt; (of glass also) Scherbe f; (= section of book, film, symphony) Teil m; (part or place in book, drama, text, symphony etc) Stelle f

a few bits of furniture — ein paar Möbelstücke

a bit of bread — ein Stück Brot

I gave my bit to my sister — ich habe meiner Schwester meinen Teil gegeben

this is the bit I hate, he said, taking out his wallet — das tue ich gar nicht gern, sagte er und zückte seine Brieftasche

would you like a bit of ice cream? — möchten Sie etwas or ein bisschen Eis?

there's a bit of truth in what he says — daran ist schon etwas Wahres

a bit of advice/luck/news — ein Rat m/ein Glück nt/eine Neuigkeit

we had a bit of trouble/excitement — wir hatten ein wenig Ärger/Aufregung

I only read a bit of the novel — ich habe nur ein bisschen or Stückchen von dem Roman gelesen

don't you feel the slightest bit of remorse? — hast du denn nicht die geringsten Gewissensbisse?

it did me a bit of good — das hat mir geholfen

it might be a bit of help — das könnte eine kleine Hilfe sein

it wasn't a bit of help — das war überhaupt keine Hilfe

I've experienced quite a bit in my life — ich habe in meinem Leben schon ( so) einiges erlebt

there's quite a bit of work left to do/bread left — es ist noch eine ganze Menge Arbeit zu erledigen/Brot da

to do the work in bits and pieces — die Arbeit stückchenweise machen

the bits and pieces — die einzelnen Teile

bring all your bits and pieces —

to pick up the bits and pieces (fig) — retten, was zu retten ist

to come or fall to bits — kaputtgehen, aus dem Leim gehen

to pull or tear sth to bits (lit) — etw in (tausend) Stücke reißen; (fig) keinen guten Faden an etw (dat) lassen

to go to bits (fig inf) — durchdrehen (inf)

See:

→ bob

2)

(with time) a bit — ein Weilchen nt

he's gone out for a bit — er ist ein Weilchen or mal kurz weggegangen

3)

(with cost) a bit — eine ganze Menge

it cost quite a bit — das hat ganz schön (viel) gekostet (inf)

4)

to do one's bit — sein( en) Teil tun

look, you're not doing your bit — hör mal zu, du setzt dich nicht genügend ein

5)

a bit of a crack/bruise etc — ein kleiner Riss/Fleck etc

he's a bit of a rogue/an expert — er ist ein ziemlicher Schlingel/ein Fachmann

he's a bit of a musician — er ist gar kein schlechter Musiker

she's a bit of a connoisseur —

you're a bit of an idiot, aren't you? — du bist ganz schön dumm

he's got a bit of a nerve! — der hat vielleicht Nerven!

it's a bit of a nuisance — das ist schon etwas ärgerlich

now that's a bit of an improvement — das ist schon besser

6)

bit by bit — Stück für Stück

he's every bit a soldier/Frenchman — er ist durch und durch Soldat/Franzose

it/he is every bit as good as... — es/er ist genauso gut, wie...

not a bit of it — keineswegs, keine Spur (inf)

7)

when it comes to the bit — wenn es drauf ankommt

8) (= coin) (Brit) Münze f

2/4/6 bits (US) — 25/50/75 Cent(s)

9) (Brit inf) Tussi f (sl)

2. adv

a bit — ein bisschen, etwas

were you angry? – a bit — haben Sie sich geärgert? – ja, schon etwas or ein bisschen

wasn't she a little bit surprised? — war sie nicht etwas erstaunt?

I'm not a (little) bit surprised — das wundert mich überhaupt nicht or kein bisschen (inf)

he wasn't a bit the wiser for it — danach war er auch nicht viel klüger or schlauer

quite a bit — ziemlich viel

that's quite a bit better — das ist schon besser

he's improved quite a bit — er hat sich ziemlich gebessert
III
n (COMPUT)
Bit nt IV pret See: of bite
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bit¹ [bıt]

A s

1. Gebiss n (am Pferdezaum):

take the bit between ( oder in) one’s teeth

a) durchgehen (Pferd),

b) fig aufsässig werden,

c) fig sich reinknien umg, sich mächtig anstrengen; → chafe B 1, champ¹ B

2. TECH schneidendes oder packendes Werkzeugteil:

a) Bohrer(spitze) m(f), Stich m, Meißel m, Schneide f

b) Hobeleisen n

c) Backe f, Maul n (der Zange etc)

d) (Schlüssel) Bart m

3. Mundstück n (einer Tabakspfeife, Zigarettenspitze etc)

B v/t

1. einem Pferd das Gebiss anlegen

2. fig zügeln

bit² [bıt] s

1. a) Stückchen n:

bits of broken glass Glassplitter;

fall to bits entzweigehen, zerbrechen;

pull ( oder pick, tear) to bits

a) in Stücke reißen,

b) fig eine Äußerung etc zerpflücken;

a bit ein bisschen, ein wenig, etwas;

a bit dull ziemlich langweilig; → thick A 15

c) besonders Br Stück n, Teil m, (eines Films etc) Szene f

2. umg Augenblick m, Moment m:

wait a bit;

after a bit nach einem Weilchen

3. umg (kleine) Münze:

twopenny bit; → two bits

4. auch bit part THEAT etc kleine (Neben)RolleBesondere Redewendungen: a bit of all right bes Br umg

a) schwer in Ordnung, ein prima Kerl, eine prima Sache,

b) ein sexy oder steiler Zahn;

he is a bit of a comedian er hat etwas von einem Komödianten (an sich);

a bit of a coward ziemlich feig(e);

be a bit of a coward about pain ganz schöne Angst vor Schmerzen haben;

a bit of a fool ein bisschen dumm;

it was a bit of a job to do it es war ganz schön anstrengend oder schwierig, das zu tun;

a bit of good luck ein glücklicher Zufall;

a bit of a mystery eine ziemlich rätselhafte Geschichte;

not a bit keine Spur, ganz und gar nicht, nicht im Geringsten, überhaupt nicht;

not a bit! keine Spur!;

a good bit ein tüchtiges Stück;

quite a bit ziemlich viel;

bit by bit

a) Stück für Stück,

b) nach und nach, allmählich;

do one’s bit

a) seine Pflicht (u. Schuldigkeit) tun,

b) seinen Beitrag leisten;

he’s doing the boss bit umg er spielt sich als Boss auf;

you misunderstood every bit of it das hast du ganz und gar missverstanden;

every bit as good ganz genau so gut;

one’s bits and pieces ( oder bobs) umg seine Siebensachen;

have a bit on the side umg einen Freund oder eine Freundin haben, fremdgehen; → crumpet 2 b, fluff A 5, mind A 4, skirt A 2 a, understatement

bit³ [bıt] s IT Bit n (eine Informationseinheit):

bit density Bitdichte f

bit⁴ [bıt] prät und obs pperf von bite

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I noun
1) (for horse) Gebiss, das; Gebissstange, die

take the bit between one's teeth — (fig.) aufmüpfig werden (ugs.)

2) (of drill) [Bohr]einsatz, der; Bohrer, der
II noun
1) (piece) Stück, das; (smaller) Stückchen, das

a little bit — ein kleines Stückchen

a bit of cheese/sugar/wood/coal — ein bisschen od. etwas Käse/Zucker/ein Stück Holz/etwas Kohle

a bit of trouble/luck — ein wenig Ärger/Glück

the best bits — die besten Teile

it cost quite a bit — es kostete ziemlich viel

bit by bit — Stück für Stück; (gradually) nach und nach

smashed to bits — in tausend Stücke zersprungen

bits and pieces — Verschiedenes

do one's bit — seinen Teil tun

2)

a bit — (somewhat)

a bit tired/too early — ein bisschen müde/zu früh

a little bit, just a bit — ein klein bisschen

quite a bit — um einiges [besser, stärker, hoffnungsvoller]

3)

a bit of — (rather)

be a bit of a coward/bully — ein ziemlicher Feigling sein/den starken Mann markieren (ugs.)

a bit of a disappointment — eine ganz schöne Enttäuschung

4) (short time)

[for] a bit — eine Weile

wait a bit longer — noch ein Weilchen warten

5) (short distance)

a bit — ein Stückchen

a bit closer — ein bisschen näher

6) (Amer.)

two/four/six bits — 25/50/75 Cent
III noun
(Computing) Bit, das
IV
see bite 1., 2.

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n.

Bit -s n.

English-german dictionary > bit
2 Little

I 1. ['lɪtl]
(compar. less; superl. least) quantisostantivo femminile

little chance — poche o scarse possibilità

there's so little time — c'è così poco tempo

too little money — troppo pochi soldi

there's little sense o point non ha molto senso; he speaks little German parla poco il tedesco; with no little difficulty non senza difficoltà; I see little of Paul these days — in questi giorni vedo Paul molto di rado
2.
pronome

I only ate a little — ne ho mangiato solo un po'

a little of the money — un po' del denaro

the little I saw — quel poco che ho visto

I did what little I could — ho fatto quel poco che ho potuto

he remembers very little — ricorda molto poco

little of what he says is true — poco di ciò che dice è vero

there's little I can do — non posso fare un granché

to have little to do with — c'entrare poco con

to do as little as possible — fare il meno possibile

to know little about — saper(ne) poco di

there's little to worry about — non c'è molto di che preoccuparsi

little of note — poco di interessante

it says very little for her — non depone molto a suo favore, non le fa molto onore

little or nothing — quasi nulla, praticamente niente

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little by little — poco a poco, poco per volta, gradualmente

to make little of — (disparage) dare poca importanza a, non dare peso a [ victory]; (not understand) non capire molto, capirci poco di [ speech]
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Note:

When little is used as a quantifier ( little time, little hope, little money, little chance), it is translated by poco / poca / pochi / poche: poco tempo, poca speranza, pochi soldi, poche possibilità. For examples and particular usages, see I below. - When a little is used as a pronoun ( give me a little), it is translated by un po' or un poco: dammene un po' / un poco. - When little is used alone as a pronoun ( there is little I can do), it is very often translated non... un granché: non posso fare un granché. - For examples of these and other uses of little as a pronoun ( to do as little as possible etc.), see the entry below. - For uses of little and a little as adverbs, see the entry below. - Note that less and least are treated as separate entries in the dictionary
II ['lɪtl]
avverbio

1) (not much) [speak, eat, go] poco

his books are little read — i suoi libri sono poco letti

2) (scarcely)

her results were little better — i suoi risultati non erano molto migliori

little more than an hour ago — poco più di un'ora fa

it's little short of madness — rasenta la pazzia

a little-known novel — un romanzo poco conosciuto

3) (not at all)

little did he know that — era ben lontano dall'immaginare che

4) a little (bit) (slightly) un po'

a little (bit) surprised — un po' sorpreso

a little less, more — un po' meno, un po' più

stay a little longer — rimani ancora un po' o un po' di più

I was not a little offended — ero non poco offeso

5) as little as

for as little as 10 dollars — per soli 10 dollari

I like Mary as little as you do — non mi piace Mary più di quanto piaccia a te
III ['lɪtl]
aggettivo (compar. less; superl. least) When little is used with nouns to express such qualities as smallness, prettiness or disparagement, Italian may convey the same meaning by means of suffixes that alter the sense of the noun: a little house = una casetta; a little old man = un vecchietto; my little brother = il mio fratellino; her little sister = la sua sorellina; little girl = ragazzina; a little hat = un cappellino; little Mary = Mariuccia; a nasty little man = un perfido ometto; a silly little woman = una stupida donnetta. - Please note that, although smaller and smallest are generally used instead of littler e littlest, the Italian translation does not change: più piccolo, il più piccolo

1) (small) piccolo

a little house — una piccola casa, una casetta

a little something — qualcosina, una cosina

poor little thing — poveretto

a little old lady — una vecchietta deliziosa

he's a nice little thing — è un cosino delizioso

2) (young) [sister, boy] piccolo

when I was little — quando ero piccolo, da piccolo

3) (feeble) [gesture, nod] piccolo

a little voice said... — una vocina flebile disse

4) (lacking influence) [farmer, businessman] piccolo

5) (expressing scorn)

he's a little despot — è un piccolo despota

a nasty little boy — un ragazzino tremendo

6) (short) [nap, holiday, break] breve

I'll walk with you a little way — farò un pezzetto di strada con te

stay a little while — rimani un po'

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['litl] 1. adjective
1) (small in size: He is only a little boy; when she was little (= a child).) piccolo

2) (small in amount; not much: He has little knowledge of the difficulties involved.) poco

3) (not important: I did not expect her to make a fuss about such a little thing.) piccolo, (poco importante)
2. pronoun
((only) a small amount: He knows little of the real world.) poco
3. adverb
1) (not much: I go out little nowadays.) poco

2) (only to a small degree: a little-known fact.) poco

3) (not at all: He little knows how ill he is.) (per niente)

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- a little
- little by little
- make little of
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(Surnames) Little /ˈlɪtl/
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I 1. ['lɪtl]
(compar. less; superl. least) quantisostantivo femminile

little chance — poche o scarse possibilità

there's so little time — c'è così poco tempo

too little money — troppo pochi soldi

there's little sense o point non ha molto senso; he speaks little German parla poco il tedesco; with no little difficulty non senza difficoltà; I see little of Paul these days — in questi giorni vedo Paul molto di rado
2.
pronome

I only ate a little — ne ho mangiato solo un po'

a little of the money — un po' del denaro

the little I saw — quel poco che ho visto

I did what little I could — ho fatto quel poco che ho potuto

he remembers very little — ricorda molto poco

little of what he says is true — poco di ciò che dice è vero

there's little I can do — non posso fare un granché

to have little to do with — c'entrare poco con

to do as little as possible — fare il meno possibile

to know little about — saper(ne) poco di

there's little to worry about — non c'è molto di che preoccuparsi

little of note — poco di interessante

it says very little for her — non depone molto a suo favore, non le fa molto onore

little or nothing — quasi nulla, praticamente niente

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little by little — poco a poco, poco per volta, gradualmente

to make little of — (disparage) dare poca importanza a, non dare peso a [ victory]; (not understand) non capire molto, capirci poco di [ speech]
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Note:

When little is used as a quantifier ( little time, little hope, little money, little chance), it is translated by poco / poca / pochi / poche: poco tempo, poca speranza, pochi soldi, poche possibilità. For examples and particular usages, see I below. - When a little is used as a pronoun ( give me a little), it is translated by un po' or un poco: dammene un po' / un poco. - When little is used alone as a pronoun ( there is little I can do), it is very often translated non... un granché: non posso fare un granché. - For examples of these and other uses of little as a pronoun ( to do as little as possible etc.), see the entry below. - For uses of little and a little as adverbs, see the entry below. - Note that less and least are treated as separate entries in the dictionary
II ['lɪtl]
avverbio

1) (not much) [speak, eat, go] poco

his books are little read — i suoi libri sono poco letti

2) (scarcely)

her results were little better — i suoi risultati non erano molto migliori

little more than an hour ago — poco più di un'ora fa

it's little short of madness — rasenta la pazzia

a little-known novel — un romanzo poco conosciuto

3) (not at all)

little did he know that — era ben lontano dall'immaginare che

4) a little (bit) (slightly) un po'

a little (bit) surprised — un po' sorpreso

a little less, more — un po' meno, un po' più

stay a little longer — rimani ancora un po' o un po' di più

I was not a little offended — ero non poco offeso

5) as little as

for as little as 10 dollars — per soli 10 dollari

I like Mary as little as you do — non mi piace Mary più di quanto piaccia a te
III ['lɪtl]
aggettivo (compar. less; superl. least) When little is used with nouns to express such qualities as smallness, prettiness or disparagement, Italian may convey the same meaning by means of suffixes that alter the sense of the noun: a little house = una casetta; a little old man = un vecchietto; my little brother = il mio fratellino; her little sister = la sua sorellina; little girl = ragazzina; a little hat = un cappellino; little Mary = Mariuccia; a nasty little man = un perfido ometto; a silly little woman = una stupida donnetta. - Please note that, although smaller and smallest are generally used instead of littler e littlest, the Italian translation does not change: più piccolo, il più piccolo

1) (small) piccolo

a little house — una piccola casa, una casetta

a little something — qualcosina, una cosina

poor little thing — poveretto

a little old lady — una vecchietta deliziosa

he's a nice little thing — è un cosino delizioso

2) (young) [sister, boy] piccolo

when I was little — quando ero piccolo, da piccolo

3) (feeble) [gesture, nod] piccolo

a little voice said... — una vocina flebile disse

4) (lacking influence) [farmer, businessman] piccolo

5) (expressing scorn)

he's a little despot — è un piccolo despota

a nasty little boy — un ragazzino tremendo

6) (short) [nap, holiday, break] breve

I'll walk with you a little way — farò un pezzetto di strada con te

stay a little while — rimani un po'

English-Italian dictionary > Little
3 bit

bit
past tense; = bite

bit¹ n

1. trocito / pedacito

I feel like a bit of cheese me apetece un trocito de queso

2. poco

I have a bit of money left me queda un poco de dinero

we've got a bit of a problem tenemos un pequeño problema

3. parte

the end was the best bit of the film el final fue la mejor parte de la película

4. rato

we played cards for a bit jugamos un rato a las cartas

a bit un poco / algo

it's a bit expensive es un poco caro

it's a bit too big to go in the boot es un poco grande para caber en el maletero

could you turn the volume up a bit? ¿puedes subir un poco el volumen?

bit by bit poco a poco

every bit absolutamente todo

you've eaten every bit of it! ¡te lo has comido absolutamente todo!

bit² vb

Es el pasado de bite

bit sustantivo masculino (pl
◊ bits) (Inf) bit

bit sustantivo masculino Inform bit ' bit' also found in these entries: Spanish: ablandar - abreviar - achatamiento - adelgazar - aguantar - ala - ápice - atravesada - atravesado - baja - bajo - broca - cacho - chispa - chula - chulo - cuatro - cumplir - desmoronada - desmoronado - despistada - despistado - destemplarse - destreza - desvaído - deterioro - engañar - envidiar - estirar - estrafalaria - estrafalario - eufemismo - freno - gagá - gota - grandullón - grandullona - grano - grogui - gustillo - hinchar - hora - ignorar - iterativa - iterativo - jirón - limitada - limitado - maldita - maldito English: acting - along - belly - bit - bite - can - comedown - deaf - do - dodgy - drill - elbow-grease - handyman - odd - off - over - painful - peculiar - peeved - queasy - seedy - shoot - squash - stiff - sting - tipsy - tough - wonky - ambitious - bothered - breezy - far - funny - loner - ropey - rough - rusty - scrap - shake - slight - so - susceptible - swallow - two - up

bit

tr[bɪt]

noun

1 SMALLCOMPUTING/SMALL bit nombre masculino

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bit

tr[bɪt]

noun

1 (of bridle) bocado

2 (of drill) broca; (of brace) barrena

3 (of key) paletón nombre masculino

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to take the bit between one's teeth coger el toro por los cuernos

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bit

tr[bɪt]

noun

1 (small piece) trozo, pedacito

■ a bit of cheese un trozo de queso

2 (small amount) poco

■ they've only got a bit of money sólo tienen un poco de dinero

■ he wants a bit of wine quiere un poco de vino

3 familiar (time) un poco, un ratito

■ wait a bit espera un poco

4 (part of film, play, book) parte nombre femenino

5 (coin) moneda

■ a five-cent bit una moneda de cinco céntimos

adverb a bit

1 familiar (rather) algo, un poco

■ he's a bit tired está un poco cansado

■ I'm a bit older than her soy un poco mayor que ella

■ it's a bit warmer today hoy hace un poco más calor

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

a bit of algo de

■ he's got a bit of a headache tiene un ligero dolor de cabeza

■ it's a bit of a problem es un problemita bastante peliagudo

■ she's a bit of a painter la pintura le sale bastante bien

■ it's not a bit of use no sirve para nada en absoluto

bit by bit poco a poco

not a bit of it nada de eso

quite a bit / a good bit familiar bastante

■ it's a good bit more expensive es bastante más caro

that's a bit much esto ya es pasarse

to be a bit of all right familiar estar como un tren

to come to bits hacerse pedazos, romperse

to do one's bit aportar su granito de arena

to go to bits figurative use ponerse histérico,-a

to smash something to bits hacer algo añicos

to take something to bits desmontar algo

a bit of advice un consejo

a bit on the side familiar un rollo, amante nombre masulino o femenino

bit of stuff familiar amante nombre masulino o femenino

bit part papel nombre masculino secundario

bits and pieces trastos nombre masculino plural, bártulos nombre masculino plural

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bit

tr[bɪt]

past

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bit ['bɪt] n

1) fragment, piece: pedazo m, trozo m

a bit of luck: un poco de suerte

2) : freno m, bocado m (de una brida)

3) : broca f (de un taladro)

4) : bit m (de información)

bit (Pipe)

n.

• boquilla s.f.

n.

• bit (Informática) s.m.

• bocado s.m.

• broca s.f.

• embocadura s.f.

• fragmento s.m.

• freno s.m.

• miaja s.f.

• miga s.f.

• migaja s.f.

• pedazo s.m.

• pellizco s.m.

• pizca s.f.

• porción s.f.

• trozo s.m.

pret.

(Preterito definido de "to bite")

I bɪt
past of bite I

II

noun

1)

a) (fragment, scrap) pedazo m, trozo m

in tiny bits — en pedacitos or trocitos

to smash something to bits — hacer* pedazos or añicos algo

the critics pulled the book to bits — los críticos destrozaron el libro

bits and pieces — ( assorted items) cosas fpl; ( belongings) cosas fpl, bártulos mpl (fam); ( broken fragments) pedazos mpl

to be thrilled to bits — (BrE colloq) estar* contentísimo, no caber* en sí de alegría

b) ( small piece) (esp BrE) trocito m, pedacito m

a bit of paper — un trocito de papel or un papelito

c) ( component part) (BrE) pieza f

to take something to bits — desarmar algo

2) (section, piece) parte f

to do one's bit — (BrE) aportar or poner* su (or mi etc) granito de arena, hacer* lo suyo (or mío etc)

3) a bit of

a) (some, a little) (+ uncount noun) un poco de

a bit of peace — un poco de paz

we had a bit of difficulty finding a hotel — nos resultó algo difícil encontrar un hotel

it takes a bit of getting used to — cuesta un poco acostumbrarse

they have a fair bit o quite a bit of work to do — tienen bastante trabajo que hacer

whether you come or not won't make a bit of difference — da exactamente lo mismo que vengas o no

b) ( rather) (BrE)

we had a bit of an argument — tuvimos una pequeña discusión

she's a bit of an expert — es casi una experta

was he ashamed? not a bit of it! — (also AmE) ¿que si estaba avergonzado? para nada! or en absoluto! or ni lo más mínimo!

4)

a bit — (as adv)

a) ( somewhat) un poco

a bit faster — un poco más rápido

the town's changed a bit — la ciudad ha cambiado algo or un poco

I drank a bit too much — bebí un poco más de la cuenta or un poco demasiado

that must be worth a bit! — eso debe de valer mucho or lo suyo!

we spent quite a bit — gastamos bastante

were you worried? - not a bit — ¿estabas preocupado? - en absoluto

I wouldn't be a bit surprised — no me sorprendería para nada or en lo más mínimo

she hasn't changed a bit — no ha cambiado (para) nada

b) ( a while) un momento or rato

5) (in adv phrases)

a)

bit by bit — poco a poco, de a poco (AmL)

b)

every bit: I'm every bit as disappointed as you estoy absolutamente tan decepcionado como tú; he looks every bit the young executive — tiene todo el aspecto del joven ejecutivo

6)

a) ( in US)

two bits — veinticinco centavos de dólar

his promise isn't worth two bits — su promesa no vale ni cinco or (Méx) ni un quinto

I don't care o give two bits what she thinks — me importa un bledo or un comino lo que piense (fam)

b) ( coin) (BrE colloq) moneda f

a 50p bit — una moneda de 50 peniques

7) ( Comput) bit m

8) ( of bridle) freno m, bocado m

to champ at the bit: he was champing at the bit lo consumía la impaciencia, estaba que no se podía aguantar; to have the bit between one's teeth: she has the bit between her teeth — está que no la para nadie (fam)

I [bɪt]
1. N

1) (=piece) trozo m, pedazo m

bits of paper — trozos mpl or pedazos mpl de papel

have you got a bit of paper I can write on? — ¿tienes un trozo de papel para escribir?

• he washed off every bit of dirt — se lavó hasta la última mancha de suciedad

• in bits — (=broken) hecho pedazos; (=dismantled) desmontado, desarmado

• who owns this bit of land? — ¿a quién pertenece este trozo or pedazo de tierra?

• bits and pieces — (=items) cosas fpl ; (=possessions) cosas fpl, trastos * mpl ; [of fabric] retales mpl, retazos mpl

• to bits: to blow sth to bits — hacer saltar algo en pedazos, volar algo en pedazos

to come to bits — (=break) hacerse pedazos; (=be dismantled) desmontarse, desarmarse

to smash sth to bits — hacer algo añicos or pedazos

to tear sth to bits — [+ letter, document] romper algo en pedazos

the dogs tear the fox to bits — los perros destrozan al zorro

she tore the argument to bits — hizo pedazos el argumento

- love sb to bits

- the professor pulled his essay to bits

- he was thrilled to bits with the present

2)

a bit of —

a) (=some) un poco de

with a bit of luck — con un poco de suerte

a bit of advice — un consejo

I need a bit of peace and quiet — necesito un poco de paz y tranquilidad

what you say won't make a bit of difference — digas lo que digas no va a cambiar nada

this is a bit of all right! * — ¡esto está muy bien!, ¡esto no está nada mal!

he's a bit of all right * — ese está buenísimo or para comérselo *

b) (=rather)

he's a bit of a liar — es bastante or un poco mentiroso

it was a bit of a shock — fue un golpe bastante duro

I've got a bit of a cold — estoy un poco resfriado

I'm a bit of a socialist — yo tengo algo de socialista

• quite a bit of — bastante

they have quite a bit of money — tienen bastante dinero

I've been seeing quite a bit of her — la he estado viendo bastante

3) (adverbial uses)

• a bit — un poco

a bit bigger/smaller — un poco más grande/pequeño

a bit later — poco después, un poco más tarde

that sounds a bit technical — eso suena un poco técnico

it's a bit awkward just now — ahora no es buen momento

• bit by bit — poco a poco

• our performance was every bit as good as theirs — nuestra actuación fue tan buena como la suya en todos los aspectos

she swept into the room, every bit the actress — entró majestuosamente en la habitación, muy en su papel de actriz

he looked every bit the angelic child — tenía toda la pinta or todo el aspecto de un niño angelical

• a good bit — bastante

it's a good bit further than we thought — queda bastante más lejos de lo que creíamos

a good bit bigger/cheaper — bastante más grande/barato

• would you like a little bit more? — ¿quieres un poquito más?

• that's a bit much! — ¡eso pasa de castaño oscuro!

it's a bit much expecting you to take the blame — es demasiado esperar que tú asumas la culpa

• not a bit, I'm not a bit surprised — no me sorprende lo más mínimo or en absoluto

"wasn't he embarrassed?" - "not a bit of it" — -¿y no le daba vergüenza? -qué va * or -en absoluto

• quite a bit — bastante

they're worth quite a bit — valen bastante

he's quite a bit older than me — es bastante mayor que yo

• I've had a bit too much to eat — me he pasado un poco comiendo, he comido un poco más de la cuenta

4) (=part) parte f

he'd just got to the exciting bit — acababa de llegar a la parte emocionante

to enjoy every bit of sth — disfrutar algo totalmente

5) (Brit)
* (=role)
she's doing the prima donna bit — está haciendo su papel de diva

it's important not to overdo the motherly bit — es importante no ser excesivamente maternal

• to do one's bit — aportar su granito de arena

we must all do our bit to put an end to starvation in the Third World — para erradicar el hambre en el Tercer Mundo todos debemos aportar nuestro granito de arena

he did his bit in the war — durante la guerra cumplió con su deber

I've done my bit — yo he hecho mi parte or lo que me tocaba

6) (=moment) rato m, momento m

• I'll see you in a bit — te veo dentro de un momento or dentro de un ratito

• I waited quite a bit — esperé bastante tiempo or un buen rato

7) (=coin) (Brit) moneda f ; (US) (=12.5 cents) doce centavos y medio

a tuppenny bit — una moneda de dos peniques

two bits — (US) 25 centavos

for two bits I'd throw it all in — por dos duros lo dejaría todo

he was always throwing in his two bits about how he'd put the economy to rights — siempre estaba dando su opinión or echando su cuarto a espadas sobre cómo arreglaría la economía

8) (Comput) bit m

9) (Brit) ** pej (=woman) tía f (Sp) *; side 1., 6)

2.

CPD

bit part N — (Cine, Theat) papel m de poca importancia, papel m pequeño

II

[bɪt]
N
1) [of drill] broca f

2) (for horse) freno m, bocado m

to be champing or chomping at the bit —

I expect you're champing or chomping at the bit — supongo que te devora la impaciencia

they were champing or chomping at the bit to get started — no veían la hora de poner manos a la obra

to get the bit between one's teeth —

once she gets the bit between her teeth, there's no stopping her — una vez que se pone en marcha no hay quien la pare

III

[bɪt]
PT of bite
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I [bɪt]
past of bite I

II

noun

1)

a) (fragment, scrap) pedazo m, trozo m

in tiny bits — en pedacitos or trocitos

to smash something to bits — hacer* pedazos or añicos algo

the critics pulled the book to bits — los críticos destrozaron el libro

bits and pieces — ( assorted items) cosas fpl; ( belongings) cosas fpl, bártulos mpl (fam); ( broken fragments) pedazos mpl

to be thrilled to bits — (BrE colloq) estar* contentísimo, no caber* en sí de alegría

b) ( small piece) (esp BrE) trocito m, pedacito m

a bit of paper — un trocito de papel or un papelito

c) ( component part) (BrE) pieza f

to take something to bits — desarmar algo

2) (section, piece) parte f

to do one's bit — (BrE) aportar or poner* su (or mi etc) granito de arena, hacer* lo suyo (or mío etc)

3) a bit of

a) (some, a little) (+ uncount noun) un poco de

a bit of peace — un poco de paz

we had a bit of difficulty finding a hotel — nos resultó algo difícil encontrar un hotel

it takes a bit of getting used to — cuesta un poco acostumbrarse

they have a fair bit o quite a bit of work to do — tienen bastante trabajo que hacer

whether you come or not won't make a bit of difference — da exactamente lo mismo que vengas o no

b) ( rather) (BrE)

we had a bit of an argument — tuvimos una pequeña discusión

she's a bit of an expert — es casi una experta

was he ashamed? not a bit of it! — (also AmE) ¿que si estaba avergonzado? para nada! or en absoluto! or ni lo más mínimo!

4)

a bit — (as adv)

a) ( somewhat) un poco

a bit faster — un poco más rápido

the town's changed a bit — la ciudad ha cambiado algo or un poco

I drank a bit too much — bebí un poco más de la cuenta or un poco demasiado

that must be worth a bit! — eso debe de valer mucho or lo suyo!

we spent quite a bit — gastamos bastante

were you worried? - not a bit — ¿estabas preocupado? - en absoluto

I wouldn't be a bit surprised — no me sorprendería para nada or en lo más mínimo

she hasn't changed a bit — no ha cambiado (para) nada

b) ( a while) un momento or rato

5) (in adv phrases)

a)

bit by bit — poco a poco, de a poco (AmL)

b)

every bit: I'm every bit as disappointed as you estoy absolutamente tan decepcionado como tú; he looks every bit the young executive — tiene todo el aspecto del joven ejecutivo

6)

a) ( in US)

two bits — veinticinco centavos de dólar

his promise isn't worth two bits — su promesa no vale ni cinco or (Méx) ni un quinto

I don't care o give two bits what she thinks — me importa un bledo or un comino lo que piense (fam)

b) ( coin) (BrE colloq) moneda f

a 50p bit — una moneda de 50 peniques

7) ( Comput) bit m

8) ( of bridle) freno m, bocado m

to champ at the bit: he was champing at the bit lo consumía la impaciencia, estaba que no se podía aguantar; to have the bit between one's teeth: she has the bit between her teeth — está que no la para nadie (fam)

English-spanish dictionary > bit
4 little

I.

little ( comp less ; superl least)

❢ When little is used as a quantifier ( little hope, little damage) it is translated by peu de: peu d'espoir, peu de dégâts. For examples and particular usages see A below. When a little is used as a pronoun ( give me a little) it is translated by un peu: donne-moi un peu. When little is used alone as a pronoun ( there's little I can do) it is very often translated by pas grand-chose: je ne peux pas faire grand-chose. For examples of these and other uses of little as a pronoun ( to do as little as possible etc) see B below. For uses of little and a little as adverbs see the entry below. Note that less and least are treated as separate entries in the dictionary.

A quantif little hope/chance peu d'espoir/de chances ; little damage was done il y avait peu de dégâts ; we've made little progress nous avons fait peu de progrès ; there's so little time il y a si peu de temps ; too little money trop peu or pas assez d'argent ; there's little sense ou point ça n'a pas beaucoup de sens ; he speaks little German il ne parle presque pas allemand ; little or no influence/training presque pas d'influence/de formation ; little or no time/money presque pas de temps/d'argent ; with no little difficulty non sans mal ; I have little time ou sympathy for cheats je ne supporte pas les tricheurs ; I see little of Paul these days je ne vois pas beaucoup Paul en ce moment ; ⇒ chance.

B pron taste a little goûtez-en un peu ; save a little for me gardes-en un peu pour moi ; I only ate a little je n'en ai mangé qu'un peu ; a little of the money un peu de l'argent ; the little I saw wasn't very good le peu que j'ai vu n'était pas très bien ; I did what little I could j'ai fait le peu que j'ai pu ; he remembers very little il ne se souvient pas bien ; little of what he says is true il n'y a pas grand-chose de vrai dans ce qu'il dit ; there's little I can do je ne peux pas faire grand-chose ; she did little to help elle n'a pas fait grand-chose pour aider ; I got little out of the lecture je n'ai pas compris grand-chose au cours ; age has little to do with it l'âge n'a pas grand-chose à voir là-dedans ; to do as little as possible faire le moins possible ; to know little about mechanics ne pas s'y connaître beaucoup en mécanique ; there's little to worry about il n'y a pas tellement de raisons de s'inquiéter ; little of note rien de bien particulier ; it says little for his honesty ça en dit long sur son honnêteté ; it says very little for her ce n'est pas tellement à son honneur ; little or nothing quasiment rien ; ⇒ help.

C adv

1 ( rarely) [say, speak, sleep, eat, laugh] peu ; I go there very little j'y vais très peu ; she visits them as little as possible elle leur rend visite le moins souvent possible ; his books are little read on ne le lit plus guère ;

2 (hardly, scarcely) to be little changed ne pas avoir beaucoup changé ; the next results were little better les résultats suivants étaient à peine meilleurs ; little more than an hour ago il y a à peine une heure ; it's little short of madness cela frise la folie ; a little-known novel un roman peu connu ;

3 ( not at all) little did she realize that the watch was stolen elle ne s'est pas du tout rendu compte que la montre était volée ; I little thought ou supposed that he would do it je n'aurais jamais cru qu'il le ferait ; little did they know that ils étaient bien loin de se douter que ; little do you know! si tu savais!

D a little (bit) adv phr ( slightly) un peu ; a little (bit) anxious/surprised un peu inquiet/surpris ; a little less/more un peu moins/plus ; stay a little longer reste encore un peu ; I was not a little surprised/offended j'étais plutôt surpris/vexé ; ‘I'm a genius,’ he said, not a little proudly ‘je suis un génie,’ a-t-il dit, non sans fierté.

E as little as adv phr for as little as 10 dollars a day pour seulement 10 dollars par jour ; it can cost as little as £60 cela coûte seulement 60 livres sterling ; I like Henry as little as you do je n'aime Henry guère plus que toi.

II.

little adj

1 ( small) petit (before n) ; a little house une petite maison ; a little something un petit quelque chose ; poor little thing pauvre petit/-e m/f ; a little old lady une petite vieille dame ; she's a nice little thing elle est adorable ;

2 ( young) [brother, sister, boy, girl] petit (before n) ; when I was little quand j'étais petit ; the baboon and its little ones le babouin et ses petits ; Mrs Carter and all the little Carters Madame Carter et tous ses enfants ;

3 (feeble, weak) [gesture, nod, smile] petit (before n) ; a little voice said… une petite voix dit… ;

4 ( lacking influence) [farmer, businessman] petit (before n) ;

5 (expressing scorn, contempt) he's a little despot c'est un vrai petit tyran ; a poky little flat un petit appartement minable ; a nasty little boy un méchant petit garçon ;

6 ( short) [nap, snooze] petit (before n) ; a little holiday quelques jours de vacances ; a little break une petite pause ; I'll walk with you a little way je ferai un bout de chemin avec toi ; stay a little while reste un moment ; a little while longer encore un peu.

Idioms

little by little petit à petit ; to make little of ( disparage) ne pas faire grand cas de [achievement, victory] ; ( not understand) ne pas comprendre grand-chose à [speech, report] ; ⇒ fancy, learning, too. Pour le comparatif et le superlatif on préférera les formes smaller et smallest à littler and littlest.

Big English-French dictionary > little
5 little

'litl
1. adjective
1) (small in size: He is only a little boy; when she was little (= a child).) pequeño

2) (small in amount; not much: He has little knowledge of the difficulties involved.) poco

3) (not important: I did not expect her to make a fuss about such a little thing.) sin importancia

2. pronoun
((only) a small amount: He knows little of the real world.) poco

3. adverb
1) (not much: I go out little nowadays.) poco

2) (only to a small degree: a little-known fact.) poco

3) (not at all: He little knows how ill he is.) nada, ni la menor idea

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- a little
- little by little
- make little of

little¹ adj

1. pequeño

I've brought you a little present te ha traído un pequeño regalo

a little boy un chico pequeño

a little white mouse un ratoncito blanco

poor little thing! ¡pobrecito!

2. poco

we have very little money tenemos muy poco dinero

I sleep very little duermo muy poco

little² adv pron poco

try to rest a little intenta descansar un poco

put a little oil on the salad echa un poco de aceite en la ensalada

I feel a little better me encuentro un poco mejor

El comparativo de little es less; el superlativo es least

little

tr['lɪtəl]

adjective

1 (small) pequeño,-a

■ it's a very little flat es un piso muy pequeño

■ a little cup una tacita

■ let's take a little break vamos a descansar un ratito

■ you poor little thing! ¡pobrecillo!

2 (not much) poco,-a

■ a little milk un poco de leche

■ I have little time to relax tengo poco tiempo para relajarme

pronoun

1 poco

■ more tea? --just a little, please ¿quieres más té? --un poco, por favor

■ she gives very little of herself to her work se dedica muy poco al trabajo

adverb

1 poco

■ I'm a little (bit) tired estoy un poco cansada

■ it takes little over an hour to get there se tarda poco más de una hora en llegar

■ as little as possible lo menos posible

■ little did I know that... yo no tenía la menor idea de que...

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

little by little poco a poco

little or nothing casi nada

not a little ironic muy

■ he was not a little impressed se quedó muy impresionado

to make little of (play down) quitar importancia a 2 (not understand) no captar

■ I could make very little of what he was saying entendí muy poco de lo que decía

little finger dedo meñique

little woman pejorative (wife) mujer nombre femenino

little ['lɪtəl] adv, less ['lɛs] ; least ['li:st]

1) : poco

she sings very little: canta muy poco

2)

little did I know that... : no tenía la menor idea de que...

3)

as little as possible : lo menos posible

little adj, littler or less ['lɛs] or lesser ['lɛsər] ; littlest or least ['li:st]

1) small: pequeño

2) : poco

they speak little Spanish: hablan poco español

little by little: poco a poco

3) trivial: sin importancia, trivial

little n

1) : poco m

little has changed: poco ha cambiado

2)

a little : un poco, algo

it's a little surprising: es algo sorprendente

little

adj.

• chico, -a adj.

• corto, -a adj.

• enano, -a adj.

• escaso, -a adj.

• menudo, -a adj.

• mezquino, -a adj.

• meñique adj.

• parvo, -a adj.

• pequeño, -a adj.

• poco, -a adj.

adv.

• poco adv.

n.

• poco s.m.

I 'lɪtḷ
1) adjective

Sense I

2) (comp littler 'lɪtḷər, 'lɪtḷə(r); superl littlest 'lɪtḷəst, 'lɪtḷɪst)

a) ( small) pequeño, chico (esp AmL)

a lovely little dog — un perrito precioso

a little old lady — una viejecita

a little while — un ratito

she is a little bit better — está un poquito mejor or algo mejor

b) ( young) pequeño, chico (esp AmL)

when I was little — cuando era pequeña or pequeñita or (esp AmL) chica or chiquita

my little sister/brother — mi hermanita/hermanito

c) ( insignificant) pequeño

then there's the little matter of... — (iro) está también el pequeño detalle de... (iró)

3) ( expressing speaker's attitude) (colloq) (before n)

I know your little game! — ya te conozco el jueguito! (fam)

you poor little thing! — pobrecito!

Sense II

4) (comp less; superl least)

a) ( not much) poco

there is very little bread left — queda muy poco pan

from what little information we have — por lo poco que sabemos

it uses less electricity than a toaster — gasta menos electricidad que una tostadora

he had little talent and even less charm — tenía poco talento y aún menos encanto

he has (the) least talent of all — es el que menos talento tiene

b)

a little — ( some) un poco de

with not a little sadness — (frml) con no poca tristeza

II

pronoun (comp less; superl least)

a) ( not much) poco, -ca

there was little to do — había poco que hacer

we see very little of him nowadays — lo vemos muy poco últimamente

the little that she earns — lo poco que gana

from as little as $2,000 — a partir de tan sólo 2.000 dólares

little by little — poco a poco

I get paid less than you — me pagan menos que a ti

Jean earns (the) least of all — Jean es la que menos gana de todos

the (very) least you can do is apologize — lo menos que puedes hacer es pedir perdón

he was rather abrupt, to say the least — estuvo un poco brusco, por no decir otra cosa

that's the least of it — eso es lo de menos

b)

a little — ( some) un poco, algo

she ate a little — comió algo or un poco

III

adverb (comp less; superl least)

a) ( not much) poco

he goes out very little — sale muy poco

it is a little known fact that... — es un hecho poco conocido que...

the campaign has been somewhat less than a success — la campaña no ha tenido mucho éxito que digamos

just when we were least expecting it — cuando menos lo esperábamos

b) (hardly, not)

little did he know that... — lo que menos se imaginaba era que...

he's little better than a thief — es poco menos que un ladrón

no one likes him, least of all his brother — nadie lo quiere, y su hermano menos que nadie

c)

a little — ( somewhat) un poco

do you speak French? - a little — ¿hablas francés? - algo or un poco

a little less noise, please — hagan menos ruido, por favor

I ['lɪtl]
1. ADJ

1) (=small) pequeño, chico (LAm)

a little house — una casa pequeña or (LAm) chica

a little book — un libro pequeño or (LAm) chico

she had a little girl yesterday — ayer tuvo una niñita

when I was little — cuando era pequeña, de pequeña

the little ones — (=children) los pequeños

2) (=short) corto

a little walk — un paseo corto

we went for a little holiday — nos fuimos para unas vacaciones cortitas

3) (=diminutive) (in cpds) -ito

a little book/boat/piece etc — un librito/barquitoocito etc

a little house — una casita

a little girl — una niñita, una chiquita

a little fish — un pececillo, un pececito

a little sip — un sorbito

the little woman — hum (=wife) la costilla *, la parienta (Sp) *

it's the little man who suffers — (=small trader) el pequeño comerciante es el que sale perdiendo

it's just a little something * — no es más que una cosita de poco valor

4) (=younger)

her little brother — su hermano menor, su hermanito

2.

CPD

little end N — (Brit) (Aut) pie m de biela

Little Englander N — (Brit) (Hist) en el siglo XIX, persona con ideas opuestas a la ampliación del imperio británico ; (=chauvinist) patriotero(-a) m / f ; (=anti-European) anti-europeoísta mf

little finger N — dedo m meñique, meñique m

the little folk NPL — (=fairies) los duendecillos

Little League N — (US) liga de béisbol aficionado para jóvenes de entre 6 y 18 años

the little people NPL — (=fairies) los duendecillos

little toe N — dedo m pequeño del pie

II ['lɪtl] (compar less) (superl least)
1. PRON

1) (=not much) poco

he knows little — sabe poco

to see/do little — ver/hacer poco

there was little we could do — apenas había nada que hacer

he had little to say — poco fue lo que tenía que decir

that has little to do with it! — ¡eso tiene poco que ver!

• as little as £5 — 5 libras, nada más

• there's very little left — queda muy poco

• to make little of sth — (=play down) quitarle importancia a algo; (=fail to exploit) desaprovechar algo

they made little of loading the huge boxes — (=accomplish easily) cargaron las enormes cajas como si nada

• little of what he says is true — poco de lo que dice es verdad

• little or nothing — poco o nada

to spend little or nothing — gastar poco o nada

• he lost weight because he ate so little — adelgazó porque comía muy poco

• I know too little about him to have an opinion — no lo conozco lo suficiente para poder opinar

too little too late — muy poco y muy tarde

2) (=some)

give me a little — dame un poco

I had a little of everything — comí un poco de todo

• little by little — poco a poco

• however little you give, we'll be grateful — agradeceremos su donativo, por pequeño que sea

• a little less/ more milk — un poco menos/más de leche

a little more slowly — un poco más despacio

• the little I have seen is excellent — lo poco que he visto me ha parecido excelente

• I did what little I could — hice lo poco que pude
every
3) (=short time)

they'll have to wait a little — tendrán que esperar un poco

• for a little — un rato, durante un rato

2. ADJ

1) (=not much) poco

there is little hope of finding them alive — hay pocas esperanzas de encontrarlos con vida

with little difficulty — sin problema or dificultad

• so much to do, so little time — tanto que hacer y en tan poco tiempo

I have so little time for reading — tengo muy poco tiempo para leer

• he gave me too little money — me dio poquísimo dinero

• I have very little money — tengo muy poco dinero

2) (=some)

a little wine — un poco de vino

I speak a little Spanish — hablo un poco de español

• a little bit (of) — un poquito (de)

• with no little trouble — con bastante dificultad, con no poca dificultad

3) (=short)

• for a little time or while — un ratito

3. ADV

1) (=not much) poco

he reads little — lee poco

they spoke very little on the way home — hablaron muy poco de camino para casa

• try to move as little as possible — intenta moverte lo menos posible

(as) little as I like him, I must admit that... — aunque me gusta muy poco, debo admitir que...

• a little known fact — un hecho poco conocido

• little more than — poco más que

little more than a month ago — hace poco más de un mes

• a little read book — un libro poco leído, un libro que se lee poco

• it's little short of a miracle — es casi un milagro

2) (=somewhat) algo

we were a little surprised/happier — nos quedamos algo sorprendidos/más contentos

• a little better — un poco mejor, algo mejor

• a little less/ more than... — un poco menos/más que...

• we were not a little worried — nos inquietamos bastante, quedamos muy inquietos

3) (=not at all)

little does he know that..., he little knows that... — no tiene la menor idea de que...

4) (=rarely) poco

I watch television very little nowadays — ahora veo la televisión muy poco

it occurs very little in small companies — raramente ocurre or es raro que ocurra en empresas pequeñas

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I ['lɪtḷ]
1) adjective

Sense I

2) (comp littler ['lɪtḷər, 'lɪtḷə(r)]; superl littlest ['lɪtḷəst, 'lɪtḷɪst])

a) ( small) pequeño, chico (esp AmL)

a lovely little dog — un perrito precioso

a little old lady — una viejecita

a little while — un ratito

she is a little bit better — está un poquito mejor or algo mejor

b) ( young) pequeño, chico (esp AmL)

when I was little — cuando era pequeña or pequeñita or (esp AmL) chica or chiquita

my little sister/brother — mi hermanita/hermanito

c) ( insignificant) pequeño

then there's the little matter of... — (iro) está también el pequeño detalle de... (iró)

3) ( expressing speaker's attitude) (colloq) (before n)

I know your little game! — ya te conozco el jueguito! (fam)

you poor little thing! — pobrecito!

Sense II

4) (comp less; superl least)

a) ( not much) poco

there is very little bread left — queda muy poco pan

from what little information we have — por lo poco que sabemos

it uses less electricity than a toaster — gasta menos electricidad que una tostadora

he had little talent and even less charm — tenía poco talento y aún menos encanto

he has (the) least talent of all — es el que menos talento tiene

b)

a little — ( some) un poco de

with not a little sadness — (frml) con no poca tristeza

II

pronoun (comp less; superl least)

a) ( not much) poco, -ca

there was little to do — había poco que hacer

we see very little of him nowadays — lo vemos muy poco últimamente

the little that she earns — lo poco que gana

from as little as $2,000 — a partir de tan sólo 2.000 dólares

little by little — poco a poco

I get paid less than you — me pagan menos que a ti

Jean earns (the) least of all — Jean es la que menos gana de todos

the (very) least you can do is apologize — lo menos que puedes hacer es pedir perdón

he was rather abrupt, to say the least — estuvo un poco brusco, por no decir otra cosa

that's the least of it — eso es lo de menos

b)

a little — ( some) un poco, algo

she ate a little — comió algo or un poco

III

adverb (comp less; superl least)

a) ( not much) poco

he goes out very little — sale muy poco

it is a little known fact that... — es un hecho poco conocido que...

the campaign has been somewhat less than a success — la campaña no ha tenido mucho éxito que digamos

just when we were least expecting it — cuando menos lo esperábamos

b) (hardly, not)

little did he know that... — lo que menos se imaginaba era que...

he's little better than a thief — es poco menos que un ladrón

no one likes him, least of all his brother — nadie lo quiere, y su hermano menos que nadie

c)

a little — ( somewhat) un poco

do you speak French? - a little — ¿hablas francés? - algo or un poco

a little less noise, please — hagan menos ruido, por favor

English-spanish dictionary > little
6 little

1. adjective,
littler, littlest (Note: it is more common to use the compar. and superl. forms smaller, smallest)

1) (small) klein

little town/book/dog — kleine Stadt/kleines Buch/kleiner Hund; (showing affection or amusement) Städtchen, das/Büchlein, das/Hündchen, das

little toe — kleine Zehe

you poor little thing! — du armes kleines Ding!

I know your little ways — ich kenne deine Tricks

2) (young) klein

the little ones — die Kleinen

my little sister — meine kleine Schwester

3) (short) klein [Person]

a little way — ein kleines od. kurzes Stück

after a little while — nach kurzer Zeit

4) (not much) wenig

you have little time left — dir bleibt nicht mehr viel Zeit

there is very little tea left — es ist kaum noch Tee od. nur noch ganz wenig Tee da

make a nice little profit — (coll. iron.) einen hübschen Gewinn machen (ugs.)

a little... — (a small quantity of) etwas...; ein wenig od. bisschen...

no little... — nicht wenig...

5) (trivial) klein
2. noun
wenig

but little — nur wenig

little or nothing — kaum etwas; so gut wie nichts

[do] not a little — einiges [tun]

not a little angry — etc. ziemlich verärgert usw.

there was little we could do — wir konnten nur wenig tun

a little — (a small quantity) etwas; ein wenig od. bisschen; (somewhat) ein wenig

think little of somebody — gering von jemandem denken

a little after eight — kurz nach acht

we see very little of one another — wir sehen sehr wenig voneinander

little by little — nach und nach
3. adverb,
less, least

1) (not at all)

she little thought that... — sie dachte nicht im geringsten daran, dass...

he little suspected/knew what... — er hatte nicht die geringste Ahnung/wusste überhaupt nicht, was...

2) (to only a small extent)

little as he liked it — sowenig es ihm auch gefiel

he writes little now — er schreibt nur noch wenig

little more/less than... — kaum mehr/weniger als...

that is little less than... — das grenzt schon an (+ Akk.)...

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['litl] 1. adjective
1) (small in size: He is only a little boy; when she was little (= a child).) klein

2) (small in amount; not much: He has little knowledge of the difficulties involved.) wenig

3) (not important: I did not expect her to make a fuss about such a little thing.) unbedeutend
2. pronoun
((only) a small amount: He knows little of the real world.) wenig
3. adverb
1) (not much: I go out little nowadays.) wenig

2) (only to a small degree: a little-known fact.) wenig

3) (not at all: He little knows how ill he is.) überhaupt nicht

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lit·tle

[ˈlɪtl̩, AM -t̬-]

I. adj

<smaller or -r, smallest or -st>

1. (small) klein

\little feet kleine Füße; (amusingly also) Füßlein

my sister is a \little monster ( emph) meine Schwester ist ein richtiges kleines Monster

the \little ones die Kleinen pl

2. (young) klein

when I was \little als ich noch klein war

sb's \little boy/girl jds kleiner Sohn/kleine Tochter

\little brother/sister kleiner Bruder/kleine Schwester

the \little one der/die Kleine

the \littlest ones die Kleinsten

3. distance kurz

a \little way ein kurzes Stück

4.

< less, least>

time wenig, bisschen

a \little while ein bisschen, ein Weilchen nt

5. attr, inv (trivial) klein

every \little detail jede Kleinigkeit

to have a \little word with sb ( iron) ein Wörtchen mit jdm reden fam

to make \little of sth wenig Aufhebens von etw dat machen

a \little problem ( iron) ein kleines Problem

6. (not much)

I speak a \little/only a \little Basque ich spreche etwas/nur wenig Baskisch

a decision of no \little importance eine Entscheidung von nicht unerheblicher Wichtigkeit

her proposal caused not a \little anger viele ärgerten sich über ihren Vorschlag

7.

▶ a \little bird told me ( hum) das sagt mir mein kleiner Finger

II. adv

<less, least>

1. (somewhat)

▪ a \little ein wenig [o bisschen

2. (hardly) wenig

I was not a \little pleased at the prospects ich habe mich über die Aussichten ziemlich gefreut

\little did she know that... sie hatte ja keine Ahnung davon, dass...

I agreed to go, \little though I wanted to ich habe zugesagt, obwohl ich eigentlich überhaupt keine Lust darauf hatte

to \little expect sth etw nicht erwarten

to \little imagine that... sich dat nicht vorstellen, dass...

to be \little less than [or short of] sth sich akk kaum von etw dat unterscheiden

her conduct is \little short of indecent ihr Benehmen ist fast schon unanständig

it matters \little [to sb] that/what... jdm macht es wenig aus, dass/was...

\little more than sth:

\little more than an hour ago vor kaum einer Stunde

to \little suppose/think [that]... nicht annehmen/denken, [dass]...

to \little understand sth etw kaum verstehen

3.

▶ \little by \little nach und nach

III. pron

1. (small quantity)

▪ a \little ein wenig [o bisschen]

▪ a \little of sth ein wenig von etw dat

I heard a \little of what they were saying ich hörte ein wenig von dem, was sie sagten

2. (not much) wenig

as \little as possible möglichst wenig

to do \little [or nothing] wenig [bis nichts] tun

so \little so wenig

there is \little sb can do jd kann wenig machen

[very] \little of sth [sehr] wenig von etw dat

the [or what] \little... das wenige...

the \little sb does sth das bisschen, das jd macht

the \little she smoked still affected her health sie rauchte nur sehr wenig, aber auch das bisschen griff ihre Gesundheit an

3. (distance)

▪ a \little ein wenig

let's walk a \little after dinner lass uns nach dem Essen einen kurzen Spaziergang machen

4. (time)

▪ a \little ein wenig [Zeit]

I want to get away for a \little to be by myself ich brauche ein wenig Abstand und Zeit für mich

it's a \little after six es ist kurz nach sechs

5.

▶ to make [very] \little of sth (not understand) [sehr] wenig mit etw dat anfangen können; (belittle) etw herunterspielen

▶ precious \little herzlich wenig

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['lɪtl]
1. adj
klein
a little house — ein Häuschen nt,

a funny little nose — ein lustiges (kleines) Näschen

the little ones — die Kleinen pl

a nice little profit — ein hübscher Gewinn

the little people or folk — die Elfen

little green men (inf) — kleine grüne Männchen pl (inf)

he will have his little joke — er will auch einmal ein Witzchen machen

to worry about little things — sich (dat) über Kleinigkeiten Gedanken machen

he has a little mind — er ist ein Kleingeist

little things please little minds — so kann man auch mit kleinen Sachen Kindern eine Freude machen

a little while ago — vor Kurzem, vor kurzer Zeit

it's only a little while till I... — es ist nicht mehr lange, bis ich...

in a little while — bald

2. adv, n

1) wenig

of little importance/interest — von geringer Bedeutung/geringem Interesse

he knows little Latin and less Greek — er kann (nur) wenig Latein und noch weniger Griechisch

little better than — kaum besser als

little more than a month ago — vor kaum einem Monat

little short of — fast schon, beinahe

little did I think that... — ich hätte kaum gedacht, dass...

little does he know that... —

they little realize what will happen to them — sie sind sich (dat) wohl kaum darüber im Klaren, was mit ihnen geschehen wird

to think little of sb/sth — nicht viel von jdm/etw halten

I walk as little as possible — ich laufe so wenig wie möglich

to spend little or nothing — so gut wie ( gar) nichts ausgeben

every little helps — Kleinvieh macht auch Mist (Prov)

please donate, every little helps — auch die kleinste Spende hilft

he had little to say — er hatte nicht viel zu sagen

I see very little of her nowadays — ich sehe sie in letzter Zeit sehr selten

there was little we could do —

the little of his book that I have read — das wenige or bisschen, was ich von seinem Buch gelesen habe

she did what little she could — sie tat das wenige, das sie tun konnte

little by little — nach und nach

little by little, he dragged himself across the room — Stückchen für Stückchen schleppte er sich durch das Zimmer

to make little of sth — etw herunterspielen or bagatellisieren

I could make little of this book — ich konnte mit diesem Buch nicht viel anfangen

2)

a little — ein wenig, ein bisschen

a little ( bit) hot —

a little (bit) better — etwas or ein wenig besser

with a little effort — mit etwas Anstrengung

I'll give you a little advice — ich gebe dir einen kleinen Tipp

a little after five —

we were not a little worried I was not a little surprised — wir waren recht besorgt ich war einigermaßen überrascht

we walked on for a little — wir liefen noch ein bisschen or Stück or Weilchen weiter

after a little — nach einer Weile

for a little — für ein Weilchen

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little [ˈlıtl]

A adj komp less [les], (in gewissen Fällen) lesser [ˈlesə(r)], (besonders für A 1, A 2) smaller [ˈsmɔːlə(r)], sl littler, sup least [liːst], (besonders für A 1, A 2) smallest [ˈsmɔːlıst], sl littlest

1. klein (oft gefühlsbetont):

a little child;

a nice little house ein nettes kleines Haus, ein nettes Häuschen;

little one Kleiner m, Kleine f, Kleines n (Kind);

our little ones unsere Kleinen;

when I was little als ich noch klein oder als ich noch ein Kind war; → finger A 1, toe A 1

2. klein (gewachsen):

a little man ein kleiner Mann (a. fig);

the little people ( oder folk) die Elfen oder Heinzelmännchen

3. (zahlenmäßig) klein (Armee etc)

4. kurz (Weg etc): → while A

5. wenig (Hoffnung etc):

a little honey ein wenig oder ein bisschen Honig, etwas Honig

6. schwach (Stimme)

7. klein, gering(fügig), unbedeutend:

little discomforts kleine Unannehmlichkeiten

8. klein, beschränkt, engstirnig:

little minds Kleingeister

9. pej gemein, erbärmlich, armselig

10. oft iron klein:

his little intrigues;

her poor little efforts ihre rührenden kleinen Bemühungen; → game¹ A 6

B adv komp less, sup least

1. wenig, kaum, nicht sehr:

little improved kaum besser;

little-known wenig bekannt;

little better than nicht viel besser als;

little does one expect man erwartet kaum;

do little to get sth wenig dazu beitragen, etwas zu bekommen;

think little of wenig halten von;

for as little as £ 10 für nur 10 Pfund

2. überhaupt nicht:

he little knows, little does he know er hat keine Ahnung

3. wenig, selten:

I see him very little

C s

1. Kleinigkeit f, (das) Wenige, (das) bisschen:

a little ein wenig, ein bisschen, etwas;

a little is better than none ein bisschen ist besser als nichts;

not a little nicht wenig;

every little helps jede Kleinigkeit hilft;

he did what little he could er tat das wenige, das er tun konnte;

after a little nach einem Weilchen;

he went on a little er ging ein Stückchen weiter;

little by little, by little and little (ganz) allmählich, nach und nach

2. in little im Kleinen, in kleinem Maßstab

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1. adjective,
littler, littlest (Note: it is more common to use the compar. and superl. forms smaller, smallest)

1) (small) klein

little town/book/dog — kleine Stadt/kleines Buch/kleiner Hund; (showing affection or amusement) Städtchen, das/Büchlein, das/Hündchen, das

little toe — kleine Zehe

you poor little thing! — du armes kleines Ding!

I know your little ways — ich kenne deine Tricks

2) (young) klein

the little ones — die Kleinen

my little sister — meine kleine Schwester

3) (short) klein [Person]

a little way — ein kleines od. kurzes Stück

after a little while — nach kurzer Zeit

4) (not much) wenig

you have little time left — dir bleibt nicht mehr viel Zeit

there is very little tea left — es ist kaum noch Tee od. nur noch ganz wenig Tee da

make a nice little profit — (coll. iron.) einen hübschen Gewinn machen (ugs.)

a little... — (a small quantity of) etwas...; ein wenig od. bisschen...

no little... — nicht wenig...

5) (trivial) klein
2. noun
wenig

but little — nur wenig

little or nothing — kaum etwas; so gut wie nichts

[do] not a little — einiges [tun]

not a little angry — etc. ziemlich verärgert usw.

there was little we could do — wir konnten nur wenig tun

a little — (a small quantity) etwas; ein wenig od. bisschen; (somewhat) ein wenig

think little of somebody — gering von jemandem denken

a little after eight — kurz nach acht

we see very little of one another — wir sehen sehr wenig voneinander

little by little — nach und nach
3. adverb,
less, least

1) (not at all)

she little thought that... — sie dachte nicht im geringsten daran, dass...

he little suspected/knew what... — er hatte nicht die geringste Ahnung/wusste überhaupt nicht, was...

2) (to only a small extent)

little as he liked it — sowenig es ihm auch gefiel

he writes little now — er schreibt nur noch wenig

little more/less than... — kaum mehr/weniger als...

that is little less than... — das grenzt schon an (+ Akk.)...

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adj.

klein adj.

schwerlich adj.

wenig adj. adv.

kaum adv.

wenig adv.

English-german dictionary > little
7 little

ألبَتّة \ little: (coming just before the verb) not at all: I little knew (or Little did I know) that next day he would be dead. never: not at any time: I’ve never met him. Never before have I heard such a terrible noise!. none: (esp. with a comparative word) not at all: He was none the worse for his fall (His fall did not harm him at all). not a bit: not in any way: I’m not a bit surprised.. not in the least: not at all: It doesn’t matter in the least. whatsoever: a strong form of whatever; at all: Tell him nothing whatsoever!.

Arabic-English glossary > little
8 little

قَلِيلاً \ a bit: rather: I’m a bit tired.. a trifle: slightly: This coat is a trifle too big for me. a bit: for a short time: Please wait a bit.. little: (with very, unless followed by an adjective or participle) not much; hardly at all: It rained very little in the night, a short time Wait here a little. mildly: only slightly; not strongly: I was only mildly surprised. slightly: a little: He’s slightly taller than I am.

Arabic-English glossary > little
9 little

'litl 1. adjective
1) (small in size: He is only a little boy; when she was little (= a child).) liten

2) (small in amount; not much: He has little knowledge of the difficulties involved.) lite, litt

3) (not important: I did not expect her to make a fuss about such a little thing.) lite(n)
2. pronoun
((only) a small amount: He knows little of the real world.) lite, litt
3. adverb
1) (not much: I go out little nowadays.) bare litt, ikke mye

2) (only to a small degree: a little-known fact.) lite-

3) (not at all: He little knows how ill he is.) ikke i det hele tatt

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- little by little
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adj. ( less eller lesser - least) \/ˈlɪtl\/

1) liten, små (flertall)

• little children

små barn

• a dear little boy

en søt liten gutt

• little green man

grønn mann (fra verdensrommet)

• when I was a little girl

da jeg var liten

2) lille-, små- (flertall)

• little finger

lillefinger

• little toe

lilletå

3) liten, ung

• my little brother

min lillebror

4) småskåren, smålig, lumpen

5) kort stund, kort varighet

• please stay for a little while

vær så snill å bli en stund

the little black dress (hverdagslig, om anvendelig svart kjole) den lille sorte

little farmer småbruker

Little Italy det italienske kvarteret (i storby)

the little man vanlige mennesker, den lille mann

little people (alver, nisser e.l.) småfolk ( folk i dårlige kår) småfolk, fattigfolk, småkarer småbarn, småunger

• here come the little Smiths

her kommer barna til Smith

dverger, små mennesker

a little thing en liten sak, en småting

• don't worry over little things

ikke bekymre deg over småting

en liten pjokk, en liten unge

• a nice little thing

en søt liten unge

little things please little minds ( ordspråk) små barn, små gleder

the little woman ( spøkefullt) fruen
II
adv. ( less - least) \/ˈlɪtl\/

1) lite, ikke mye, ikke stort, knapt, i liten grad

• he slept very little last night

han sov lite i natt

• you remind me a little of my uncle

du minner meg litt om onkelen min

• she is a little known painter

hun er en lite kjent maler

• little did he know that she'd become his wife one day

han ante ikke at hun en dag skulle bli konen hans

2) sjelden, ikke ofte

• I see her very little

det er ikke så ofte jeg treffer henne
III
determ. ( less eller lesser - least) \/ˈlɪtl\/

lite, ikke mye, knapt

• this book is of little value

denne boken er av ubetydelig verdi

• there is little hope

det er knapt håp

• of little importance

knapt viktig

• he had but little money

han hadde bare litt penger

every little helps\/counts hvert minste bidrag mottas med takk, alle monner drar, mange bekker små gjør en stor å

in little ( gammeldags) i liten skala, i miniatyr

a little lite, en smule, en tanke, lite grann

• he had a little money left

han hadde litt penger igjen

• a little reflection would have helped

litt ettertanke ville vært nyttig

• he is a little better today

han er en tanke bedre i dag

• a little of everything

litt av hvert \/ alt mulig

( om tid) litt, et øyeblikk, en liten stund

• wait a little!

vent et øyeblikk

• after a little

etter en stund

• I'll be there in a little

jeg er der på et øyeblikk

( om strekning) en liten bit, en tur

• go for a little walk

ta en liten spasertur

• we can walk a little

vi kan gå en tur

the little det lille, det ubetydelige

• the little of his work I have seen

det lille jeg har sett av hans arbeider

• the little English I know

den lille engelsken jeg kan

little better ikke stort bedre

• he is little better than his father

han er ikke stort bedre enn sin far

little by little litt etter litt, gradvis, etter hvert

• little by little you'll get used to it

etter hvert vil du venne deg til det

little or nothing lite eller ingenting, så godt som ingenting

little short of nesten (det samme som)

a little too much ( vanligvis om alkohol) litt for mye, nok til å bli full\/miste kontrollen

make little of bagatellisere, ikke gjøre stort vesen ut av, ikke bry seg stort om, slå bort forstå lite av

• I can make little of this document

jeg blir ikke særlig klok på dette dokumentet

no little ikke så lite, temmelig mye

• it takes no little courage to do that

det trengs ikke så lite mot for å gjøre det

not a little ikke så lite, ganske mye, ganske, temmelig

• not a little courage is needed

det kreves temmelig mye mot

• I was not a little surprised

jeg var ikke lite overrasket

only a little litt, knapt, minimalt

• there was only a little snow left

det var bare litt snø igjen

• only a litter better than

knapt bedre enn

• the coat was only a little used

jakken var så vidt brukt

English-Norwegian dictionary > little
10 not a bit

ألبَتّة \ little: (coming just before the verb) not at all: I little knew (or Little did I know) that next day he would be dead. never: not at any time: I’ve never met him. Never before have I heard such a terrible noise!. none: (esp. with a comparative word) not at all: He was none the worse for his fall (His fall did not harm him at all). not a bit: not in any way: I’m not a bit surprised.. not in the least: not at all: It doesn’t matter in the least. whatsoever: a strong form of whatever; at all: Tell him nothing whatsoever!.

Arabic-English glossary > not a bit
11 a bit

قَلِيلاً \ a bit: rather: I’m a bit tired.. a trifle: slightly: This coat is a trifle too big for me. a bit: for a short time: Please wait a bit.. little: (with very, unless followed by an adjective or participle) not much; hardly at all: It rained very little in the night, a short time Wait here a little. mildly: only slightly; not strongly: I was only mildly surprised. slightly: a little: He’s slightly taller than I am.

Arabic-English glossary > a bit
12 smule

bit, dash, drop, lick, modicum, spot

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(en -r) bit, scrap,

( af væske) drop;

( brødkrumme) crumb ( fx the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table);

[ smuler er også brød] half a loaf is better than no bread;

[ den smule] that bit,

F that trifle;

[ den smule penge] that tiny amount, that trifling (, T: piffling) sum;

[ den smule som] what little ( fx I lost what little (money) I had; what little light a December day could offer);

[ en smule] a little, a bit,

( af væske) a drop,

(adv) a little, a bit,

F somewhat ( fx tired, difficult);

[ bare en lille smule] just a little bit (, drop);

[ ikke en smule]

( substantivisk) nothing at all,

( adjektivisk) not a bit of ( fx bread), not a drop of ( fx

whisky);

( adverbielt) not at all ( fx I am not at all surprised), not a bit.

Danish-English dictionary > smule
13 poco

(pl -chi) 1. adj little

con nomi plurali few

2. adv not much

con aggettivi not very, not greatly

senti un po'! just listen!

a poco a poco little by little, gradually

poco fa a little while ago

fra poco in a little while, soon

poco dopo a little while later, soon after

per poco cheap

( quasi) almost, nearly

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poco agg.indef.

1 ( con riferimento alla quantità) little, not much: bevo poco vino, I don't drink much wine; c'è poca luce qui, there isn't much light here; ci è rimasto poco pane, we haven't got much bread left; ha poca pazienza con i bambini, he hasn't got much (o he has little) patience with children; quello che guadagna è troppo poco per coprire le spese, he doesn't earn enough to cover his expenses

2 ( con riferimento all'intensità) little, not much: ha dato poca importanza alla cosa, he gave little importance to the matter; il lavoro mi dà poca soddisfazione, my work doesn't give me much satisfaction; accettare con poco entusiasmo un invito, to accept an invitation without much enthusiasm; prestai poca attenzione alle sue parole, I didn't pay much attention to what he said // ci è voluto non poco coraggio, it took a lot of courage // avere poca stima di qlcu., to have a low opinion (o not to think much) of s.o. // c'è poco sole, it isn't very sunny; c'era poca nebbia, it wasn't very foggy // ho poca memoria, I've got a poor memory; l'iniziativa ha avuto poco successo, it wasn't a very successful initiative (o the initiative didn't meet with much success)

3 ( con riferimento alla durata) little, short: mi assenterò per poco tempo, I'll be away for a short time; in poco tempo ha fatto molti progressi, he made a lot of progress in a very short time; poco tempo prima, dopo, a short time before, after; è accaduto poco tempo fa, it happened a short time ago (o not long ago) // Usato anche in espressioni ellittiche: poco fa, poc'anzi, a short time ago; di lì a poco, shortly after (o after a while o a little later); fra poco, very soon (o in a little while); a fra poco, see you soon; è poco che l'ho visto, I saw him a short time ago (o it isn't long since I last saw him); manca poco a Natale, it isn't long to Christmas; mi manca poco per finire, I haven't got much more to do (o I've nearly finished); ci fermeremo solo per poco, we'll only stay for a short time (o we shan't stay long) // da poco, ( poco fa) a short time ago, (riferito al pass.) a short time before, ( tempo continuato) for a short time: è uscito da poco, he's (only) just gone out; quando telefonai, erano da poco partiti, when I phoned, they had not long left (o they had only just left)

4 ( con riferimento all'estensione nello spazio): c'è poca distanza dall'albergo alla spiaggia, it isn't far from the hotel to the beach; avevamo fatto poca strada quando cominciò a piovere, we hadn't gone far when it began to rain

5 ( scarso, esiguo) scant, little: sono quadri di poco valore, they are paintings of little (o scant) value; trattare qlcu. con poco riguardo, to treat s.o. with scant (o little) respect // con poca spesa, for a small outlay (o without spending much) // a poco prezzo, at (o for) a low price, cheap // è poca cosa, it's nothing (o it's a drop in the ocean)

6 pl. few, not many; ( alcuni) a few: ho fatto pochi errori nella prova di matematica, I didn't make many mistakes in the maths test; fra pochi minuti, in a few minutes; c'erano poche persone in giro, there weren't many people about (o there were few people about); inviterò i miei genitori e pochi amici, I'll invite my parents and a few friends // mi sono rimasti solo pochi spiccioli, I haven't got much money left // molto pochi, very few; troppo pochi, too few.

poco pron.indef.

1 (very) little, not much: ''Hai del formaggio?'' ''Sì, ma ne ho poco'', ''Have you got any cheese?'' ''Yes, but not much''; ieri avevo del tempo libero, ma oggi ne ho molto poco, I had some spare time yesterday, but I've got very little (o but I haven't got much) today; (ne) capisco poco di matematica, I understand very little about mathematics; resta ben poco da fare, there's (very) little (o there isn't much) left to be done; abbiamo speso poco in quell'albergo, we didn't spend much (o we spent very little) at that hotel; un milione mi pare ( troppo) poco, a million seems too little to me; ci vuole poco per capire che è tutta una truffa, it doesn't take much to understand it's all a swindle // c'è poco da fare, da dire, there's little (o nothing) to be done, to be said; c'è poco da ridere, da scherzare, there's little (o nothing) to laugh about, to joke about // dire che ha torto è poco, it's not enough to say he's wrong // a dir poco, to say the least: saranno state a dir poco centomila persone, there must have been a hundred thousand people there, to say the least // e ti pare poco?, do you think that's nothing? // il che non è poco, which is something // per poco che sia, è sempre qualcosa, however little it is, it's still something // non te la prendere per così poco, don't let such a little (o small) thing upset you // ci voleva così poco a farmi una telefonata, it wouldn't have hurt you to give me a ring; ci vuole così poco ad accontentarlo, it takes so little to please him (o to make him happy) // una cosa da poco, a mere trifle; una moneta da poco, a small coin; è un uomo da poco, he's not up to much // per poco, ( a buon mercato) cheap: l'ho comprato per poco, I got it cheap // per poco non, ( quasi) nearly: per poco non cadevo in acqua, I (very) nearly fell in the water; ci mancò poco che non fosse squalificato, he was (very) nearly disqualified

2 pl. (very) few, not many; ( poche persone) few people; ( alcuni) a few; ( alcune persone) a few people: ''Hai molti amici?'' ''No, ne ho ( assai) pochi'', ''Have you many friends?'' ''No, very few''; pochi di noi, di loro ecc., few of us, them etc.; era conosciuto da pochi, not many people knew him (o he was little known); siamo rimasti in pochi, there were few of us left; c'eravamo noi due e pochi altri, there were the two of us and a few others

3 un poco, un po', a little, some; (con s. pl.) a few, some: un poco di pane, a little (o some) bread; c'erano un bel po' di persone, there were quite a few people there; un altro poco, some (o a little) more; costa un poco di più, it costs (o is) a little more // che po' po' di mascalzone!, what a scoundrel!; che po' po' di sfacciataggine!, what cheek!; con quel po' po' di soldi che ha!, with all the money he has! // In espressioni di tempo: un po' ( di tempo), a short time; un bel po' ( di tempo), quite a while (o quite a long time); un altro po' ( di tempo), a little (o a bit) longer; un po' ( di tempo) prima, dopo, fa, a short time before, later, ago // da un po' ( di tempo), some time ago, (riferito al pass.) some time before, ( tempo continuato), for some time: è da un po' che non lo vedo, I haven't seen him for some time; lo spettacolo era già finito da un po', the show had finished some time before

◆ s.m.

1 little: mi contento del poco, it takes little to please me (o I'm easily satisfied); il poco che ho è tuo, the (o what) little I have is yours; farò quel poco che posso, I'll do what (o the) little I can // il poco è meglio del niente, (prov.) half a loaf is better than no bread

2 (anche f.) un, una poco di buono, (fam.) a bad lot; sono dei poco di buono, they're no good (o they're a bad lot).

poco avv.

1 (con agg. e avv. di grado positivo e con p. pres. e talvolta pp. usato come agg.) not very: poco intelligente, not very bright; poco entusiasmante, not very exciting; poco conosciuto, not very well-known; poco costoso, unexpensive; poco letto, little read; sto poco bene, I'm not very well; una zona poco abitata, a sparsely populated area; un prodotto poco richiesto, a product in small demand

2 (con agg. e avv. compar.) not much; little; ( di tempo) not long: è poco più alto di me, he's not much taller than me; è poco più che un ragazzo, he's little more than a boy; era poco più che ventenne, he was little more than twenty; si sposarono poco più tardi, they got married not long after

3 ( con verbi) little: il suo aiuto fu poco apprezzato, his help was little appreciated; studia molto poco, he studies very little; ci vede poco, he can't see very well; il primato fu superato di poco, the record was only just beaten // me ne importa poco, I don't care much; poco importa se..., it doesn't matter if... // per poco che si rifletta..., you only have to think a bit... // poco o nulla, little or nothing // né punto né poco, not at all // a poco a poco, little by little (o gradually) // press'a poco → pressappoco

4 un poco, un po', a bit: è un po' strano, it's a bit (o rather) strange // fa un po' ridere, (fam.) it makes you laugh // s'è parlato un po' di questo e un po' di quello, we spoke about this and that // un po' per..., un po' per..., what with... and: un po' per il rumore, un po' per il caldo si sentiva frastornato, what with the noise and the heat, he felt quite dizzy // senti un po', look!; vediamo un po', let's see; ma guarda un po'!, just look what's happened!; guarda un po' che cosa hai combinato!, now look what you've done!; dimmi un po' tu se non ho ragione, tell me if I'm not right (o if I'm wrong).

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['pɔko] poco -a, -chi, -che
1. avv

1) (piccola quantità) little, negazione + much

si accontenta di poco — he's easily satisfied

c'è poco da ridere — there's nothing to laugh about

guadagna poco — he doesn't earn much, he earns little

dorme troppo poco — she doesn't get enough sleep

2) (con aggettivo, avverbio) (a) little, negazione + very

sta poco bene — he's not very well

è poco più alta di lui — she's a little o slightly taller than him

è poco probabile — it's not very likely

è poco socievole — he's not very sociable

3)

(tempo) poco dopo — shortly after(wards)

il film dura poco — the film doesn't last long

poco fa — a short while o time ago

fra poco — in a little while

manca poco alla fine — it's almost o nearly finished, it's more or less finished

poco prima — shortly before

ci vediamo poco — we hardly ever see each other

4)

un po' — a little, a bit

è un po' corto — it's a little o a bit short

sono un po' stanco — I'm a bit tired

zoppica un po' — he limps a bit, he has a slight limp

arriverà fra un po' — he'll arrive shortly o in a little while

un po' prima del solito — a little earlier than usual

ha dormito un bel po' — he slept for quite a while

fammi un po' vedere — let me have a look

5)

(fraseologia) (a) poco a poco — bit by bit, little by little

a dir poco — to say the least

eravamo in 30 a dir poco — there were at least 30 of us

è una cosa da poco — it's nothing, it's of no importance

una persona da poco — a worthless individual

ha vinto di poco — he only just won

poco male — never mind, it doesn't matter

per poco non cadevo — I almost o nearly fell

2. agg indef

1) (quantità) little, negazione + (very) much, (numero) few, negazione + (very) many

poco denaro — little o not much money

poco vino — little o not much wine

poche persone — few o not many people

poche idee — few o not many ideas

c'era poca gente — there were only a few people

è un tipo di poche parole — he's a man of few words

a poco prezzo — at a low price, cheap

con poca spesa — for a small outlay

2) (in espressioni ellittiche: tempo) a short time, a little while, (quantità) (a) little

ci vediamo fra poco — see you soon o shortly

l'ha comprato per poco — he bought it cheap

ne abbiamo ancora per poco — we'll only be a little longer

basta poco per farlo contento — it doesn't take much to make him happy

3. pron

1) (a) little

c'è chi ha molto tempo e chi ne ha poco — there are those who have a lot of time and those who have little

2)

(persone) pochi, poche — few (people)

pochi la pensano come lui — few people think as he does

pochi di noi — few of us

4. sm

1) little

il poco che guadagno... — what little I earn...

vive del poco che ha — she lives on the little she has

See:

buono

2)

un po' — a little

un po' di soldi — a little money

un po' di pane — a little bread

un po' di zucchero — a little sugar

un po' di silenzio! — let's have a bit of quiet!

ha un po' di mal di testa — he has a slight headache

ha un po' di influenza — she has a touch of flu

un bel po' di denaro — quite a lot of money, a tidy sum

facciamo un po' per uno — let's do a bit each

3)

po' po'; che po' po' di coraggio! — what courage!

niente po' po' di meno che il presidente in persona! — no less than the president himself!

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1.
pl. - chi, - che ['pɔko, ki, ke] aggettivo indefinito

1) (un numero esiguo di) few, not many

- chi visitatori — not many o few visitors

troppo -che persone — too few people

troppo -chi soldi — too little money

pochissime case — very few houses

2) (una piccola quantità di) little, not much

beve poco vino — he doesn't drink much wine

spendere poco denaro — to spend little money

3) (scarso) little, not much

- che possibilità — little chance

c'è poco rumore — there's not much noise

avere -a memoria — to have a poor memory

4) (di tempo)

poco tempo fa — a short time ago, not long ago

c'è così poco tempo — there's so little time

5) (in frasi esclamative)

- che chiacchiere! — cut the cackle!
2.
pronome indefinito

1) (piccola quantità, scarsa misura)

voglio spendere poco — I don't want to spend much

"è rimasto del gelato?" - "poco" — "is there any ice cream left?" - "not much"

so poco di lui — I don't know much about him

ne ha letti -chi — he read few of them

ci vuole poco a... — it doesn't take much to...

c'è mancato poco — that was a close shave

2) (esiguo numero di persone) few

- chi hanno fiducia in lui — few o not many people trust him

siamo in -chi — there are only a few of us

3) (in espressioni di tempo)

manca poco alle due — it's nearly two o'clock, it's going on for two

ci ha impiegato poco — it didn't take him long

ci sono rimasto poco — I didn't stay there (for) long o a long time

è arrivato da poco — he hasn't been here long, he's just arrived

lavoro qui da poco — I've worked here for a short time

poco fa — a short while ago

poco prima, dopo — shortly before, afterwards

fra o tra poco shortly, before long, very soon; di lì a poco — before long, soon afterwards

4) per poco, di poco

l'ha mancato per o di poco he just missed it; mancare di poco il bersaglio — to strike short of the target, to miss the target by a little

5) per poco (non) (quasi)

per poco (non) perdeva il treno — he almost missed the train

per poco non mi catturavano — I just o narrowly missed being captured

6) per poco che

per poco che sia — however little it is

7) a poco, per poco (a buon mercato) [comprare, vendere] cheap

l'ho avuto per poco — I got it cheap

8) poco da

ho poco da dire — I've got little to say

c'è poco da ridere — it's no laughing matter

c'è poco da scegliere — there's not much to choose

9) da poco

una cosa da poco — a small thing

una persona da poco — a worthless person

10) a dir poco

era sorpreso, a dir poco — he was surprised, to say the least (of it)

è a dir poco testardo! — he's nothing if not stubborn!
3.
sostantivo maschile

1) (piccola quantità) little

quel poco che ha — what little she has

quel poco che ho visto era molto bello — the little I saw was very good

2) un po' di (un poco) a little of, a bit of, some, any

voglio un po' di tè — I want a little o some tea

c'è ancora un po' di gelato? — is there any ice cream left?

bevi ancora un po' di birra! — have some more beer!

posso averne un po' di più? — can I have a little more?

un po' di tutto — a bit of everything

parlo un po' di inglese — I speak a little English

un po' di tempo fa — a little while ago

3) un bel po' di colloq. quite a lot of, a fair amount of

un bel po' di persone — quite a few people, a lot of people

aspettò un bel po' di ore — he waited for a good few hours

un bel po' di tempo fa — a good o long while ago

4) un bel po'

per un bel po' — for a good while

camminò un bel po' — he walked quite a way

è un bel po' che non ci si vede! — long time no see!
4.
avverbio

1) (con un verbo) little, not much

parla poco — he doesn't talk much

ho dormito poco — I didn't sleep (very) much

ci vede poco — he can't see very well

2) (con un avverbio)

sta poco bene — he's not well

poco lontano da qui — not far away from here

poco male! — (non importa) no harm done! (tanto meglio) just as well!

3) (con aggettivo o participio passato) not very

è poco educato — he's not very polite

un lavoro poco pagato — a poorly paid job

i suoi libri sono poco letti — his books are little read

un romanzo poco conosciuto — a little-known novel

4) (con forme comparative) little, not much

è poco più alto di me — he is little o not much taller than me

poco più di un'ora fa — little more than an hour ago

5) un po' (per un certo tempo)

rimani ancora un po' — stay a little longer

aspetta un po'! — wait a bit!

ci vorrà un po' — it will take some time

studio da un po' — I've been studying for some time

ci ho pensato un (bel) po' — I've thought about it quite a bit; (in una certa quantità)

prendine ancora un po' — take some more; (leggermente)

un po' timido — a bit shy

ti senti un po' meglio? — are you feeling any better?

l'arrosto è un po' bruciato — the roast is a bit o slightly burned; (abbastanza)

"parli tedesco?" - "un po'" — "do you speak German?" - "a little bit"; (con valore rafforzativo)

sta un po' zitto! — just keep quiet!

vediamo un po' — let me see

(ma) pensa, guarda un po'! — fancy that! (seguito da altro avverbio)

mangia un po' di più — eat a bit more

parla un po' più forte — speak little o a bit louder

fa un po' meno freddo di ieri — it's a little less cold than yesterday

6) a poco a poco little by little

7) non poco

ero non poco sorpreso — I was not a little surprised

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sapere di poco — (essere insipido) to be tasteless; (essere poco interessante) to be dull

poco o nulla — little or nothing

non ti credo neanche un po' — you don't fool me for a minute

non è poco! — that's saying a lot!

un po' per la depressione un po' per la disoccupazione — what with the depression and unemployment

un poco di buono — an ugly customer, a bad lot

una poco di buono — a slut pop.
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Note:

Poco può essere usato come aggettivo, pronome, sostantivo e avverbio. - Come aggettivo e pronome, poco si traduce con little davanti o al posto di nomi non numerabili e con few davanti o al posto di nomi plurali: poco zucchero = little sugar; aggiunse poco a quanto aveva già detto = she added little to what she had already said; pochi libri = few books; ne ho letti pochi = I read few of them. Attenzione a non confondere few = pochi (cioè, un numero insufficiente) con a few = alcuni (cioè, un numero ridotto, ma non necessariamente insufficiente). - Come sostantivo, poco compare in espressioni quali il poco che... = the little... / what little..., un po' / un poco di... = a little (of), a bit (of), some, any: si vedano sotto gli esempi. - Come avverbio, poco si traduce con little o not much con i verbi ( lo vedo molto poco = I see him very little) o con forme al comparativo ( sono poco più grasso di lui = I'm little / not much fatter than him), e con not very davanti ad aggettivi e avverbi ( poco pulito = not very clean; poco chiaramente = not very clearly). - Questi e altri esempi nella voce mostrano come poco si rende spesso in inglese con la negazione di molto: pochi studenti = few students / not many students; ho poco da dire = I've got little to say / I don't have much to say; ho dor mito poco = I slept little / I didn't sleep very much, ecc

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poco

pl. - chi, - che /'pɔko, ki, ke/

Poco può essere usato come aggettivo, pronome, sostantivo e avverbio. - Come aggettivo e pronome, poco si traduce con little davanti o al posto di nomi non numerabili e con few davanti o al posto di nomi plurali: poco zucchero = little sugar; aggiunse poco a quanto aveva già detto = she added little to what she had already said; pochi libri = few books; ne ho letti pochi = I read few of them. Attenzione a non confondere few = pochi (cioè, un numero insufficiente) con a few = alcuni (cioè, un numero ridotto, ma non necessariamente insufficiente). - Come sostantivo, poco compare in espressioni quali il poco che... = the little... / what little..., un po' / un poco di... = a little (of), a bit (of), some, any: si vedano sotto gli esempi. - Come avverbio, poco si traduce con little o not much con i verbi ( lo vedo molto poco = I see him very little) o con forme al comparativo ( sono poco più grasso di lui = I'm little / not much fatter than him), e con not very davanti ad aggettivi e avverbi ( poco pulito = not very clean; poco chiaramente = not very clearly). - Questi e altri esempi nella voce mostrano come poco si rende spesso in inglese con la negazione di molto: pochi studenti = few students / not many students; ho poco da dire = I've got little to say / I don't have much to say; ho dor mito poco = I slept little / I didn't sleep very much, ecc. ⇒ 31

I aggettivo indefinito

1 (un numero esiguo di) few, not many; - chi visitatori not many o few visitors; troppo -che persone too few people; troppo -chi soldi too little money; pochissime case very few houses

2 (una piccola quantità di) little, not much; beve poco vino he doesn't drink much wine; spendere poco denaro to spend little money

3 (scarso) little, not much; - che possibilità little chance; c'è poco rumore there's not much noise; avere -a memoria to have a poor memory

4 (di tempo) poco tempo fa a short time ago, not long ago; c'è così poco tempo there's so little time

5 (in frasi esclamative) -che chiacchiere! cut the cackle!

II pronome indefinito

1 (piccola quantità, scarsa misura) voglio spendere poco I don't want to spend much; "è rimasto del gelato?" - "poco" "is there any ice cream left?" - "not much"; so poco di lui I don't know much about him; ne ha letti -chi he read few of them; ci vuole poco a... it doesn't take much to...; c'è mancato poco that was a close shave

2 (esiguo numero di persone) few; - chi hanno fiducia in lui few o not many people trust him; siamo in -chi there are only a few of us

3 (in espressioni di tempo) manca poco alle due it's nearly two o'clock, it's going on for two; ci ha impiegato poco it didn't take him long; ci sono rimasto poco I didn't stay there (for) long o a long time; è arrivato da poco he hasn't been here long, he's just arrived; lavoro qui da poco I've worked here for a short time; poco fa a short while ago; poco prima, dopo shortly before, afterwards; fra o tra poco shortly, before long, very soon; di lì a poco before long, soon afterwards

4 per poco, di poco l'ha mancato per o di poco he just missed it; mancare di poco il bersaglio to strike short of the target, to miss the target by a little

5 per poco (non) (quasi) per poco (non) perdeva il treno he almost missed the train; per poco non mi catturavano I just o narrowly missed being captured

6 per poco che per poco che sia however little it is

7 a poco, per poco (a buon mercato) [comprare, vendere] cheap; l'ho avuto per poco I got it cheap

8 poco da ho poco da dire I've got little to say; c'è poco da ridere it's no laughing matter; c'è poco da scegliere there's not much to choose

9 da poco una cosa da poco a small thing; una persona da poco a worthless person

10 a dir poco era sorpreso, a dir poco he was surprised, to say the least (of it); è a dir poco testardo! he's nothing if not stubborn!

III sostantivo m.

1 (piccola quantità) little; quel poco che ha what little she has; quel poco che ho visto era molto bello the little I saw was very good

2 un po' di (un poco) a little of, a bit of, some, any; voglio un po' di tè I want a little o some tea; c'è ancora un po' di gelato? is there any ice cream left? bevi ancora un po' di birra! have some more beer! posso averne un po' di più? can I have a little more? un po' di tutto a bit of everything; parlo un po' di inglese I speak a little English; un po' di tempo fa a little while ago

3 un bel po' di colloq. quite a lot of, a fair amount of; un bel po' di persone quite a few people, a lot of people; aspettò un bel po' di ore he waited for a good few hours; un bel po' di tempo fa a good o long while ago

4 un bel po' per un bel po' for a good while; camminò un bel po' he walked quite a way; è un bel po' che non ci si vede! long time no see!

IV avverbio

1 (con un verbo) little, not much; parla poco he doesn't talk much; ho dormito poco I didn't sleep (very) much; ci vede poco he can't see very well

2 (con un avverbio) sta poco bene he's not well; poco lontano da qui not far away from here; poco male! (non importa) no harm done! (tanto meglio) just as well!

3 (con aggettivo o participio passato) not very; è poco educato he's not very polite; un lavoro poco pagato a poorly paid job; i suoi libri sono poco letti his books are little read; un romanzo poco conosciuto a little-known novel

4 (con forme comparative) little, not much; è poco più alto di me he is little o not much taller than me; poco più di un'ora fa little more than an hour ago

5 un po' (per un certo tempo) rimani ancora un po' stay a little longer; aspetta un po'! wait a bit! ci vorrà un po' it will take some time; studio da un po' I've been studying for some time; ci ho pensato un (bel) po' I've thought about it quite a bit; (in una certa quantità) prendine ancora un po' take some more; (leggermente) un po' timido a bit shy; ti senti un po' meglio? are you feeling any better? l'arrosto è un po' bruciato the roast is a bit o slightly burned; (abbastanza) "parli tedesco?" - "un po'" "do you speak German?" - "a little bit"; (con valore rafforzativo) sta un po' zitto! just keep quiet! vediamo un po' let me see; (ma) pensa, guarda un po'! fancy that! (seguito da altro avverbio) mangia un po' di più eat a bit more; parla un po' più forte speak little o a bit louder; fa un po' meno freddo di ieri it's a little less cold than yesterday

6 a poco a poco little by little

7 non poco ero non poco sorpreso I was not a little surprised

IDIOMS

sapere di poco (essere insipido) to be tasteless; (essere poco interessante) to be dull; poco o nulla little or nothing; non ti credo neanche un po' you don't fool me for a minute; non è poco! that's saying a lot! un po' per la depressione un po' per la disoccupazione what with the depression and unemployment; un poco di buono an ugly customer, a bad lot; una poco di buono a slut pop.

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > poco
14 wenig

I Adj. und unbest. Pron.

1. little, not much; weniger less; MATH. minus; Pl. fewer; das wenigste the least; am wenigsten (the) least (of all); ein wenig a little; immer weniger less and less; das wenige Geld, das er hat what little money he has; das Wenige, was ich habe, gebe ich gern I’m very willing to give what little I have; nicht wenig quite a lot; nicht gerade wenig umg. quite a lot (of); nicht weniger als no less than; Pl. no fewer than; ich war nichts weniger als erstaunt geh. I was anything but ( oder not at all) surprised; weniger werden decrease; es kostet wenig it doesn’t cost much; das ist wenig that’s not much; dazu gehört wenig it doesn’t take much; wenig fehlte, und er wäre... he came very close to... (+ Ger.) das macht wenig Freude it isn’t much fun; wenig übrig haben für umg. not have much time for; das hat wenig Sinn there’s not much point in it; es gibt wenig Neues there’s very little that’s new; mit mehr oder weniger Erfolg more or less successfully; mit wenigem auskommen get by on very little; das wenigste, was man erwarten kann the least one could expect; weniger ist mehr Topos: less is more; weniger wäre mehr gewesen you can overdo things, less would have been more; das ist das wenigste that’s the least of my worries; sie wird immer weniger umg. she’ll disappear completely one of these days

2. im Pl.: wenige few, not many; (Menschen) few (people); nicht wenige quite a few (people); einige wenige a few; nur wenige only a few; in wenigen Tagen in a few days’ time; wenige Augenblicke darauf a few minutes later; mit wenigen Worten in a few words; das wissen die wenigsten people just don’t realize that; je weniger davon wissen, desto besser the fewer people who know about it the better

II Adv. little, not much; wenig bekannt little known; wenig beliebt not very popular; ein wenig gelesener Autor a little read author; deine Anwesenheit war niemals weniger entbehrlich als jetzt your presence was never more indispensable than now; weniger dumm als frech not so much stupid as impertinent; nicht wenig erstaunt rather surprised; nur wenig mehr only a little more; sie geht wenig aus / ins Kino she doesn’t go out / to the cinema (Am. movies) much; du schreibst so wenig you write so little; er spricht immer weniger he says less and less; das hilft mir wenig that’s not much help to me; das stört mich wenig it doesn’t really bother me; das interessiert mich weniger that doesn’t interest me as much, that interests me less; eine wenig glückliche Wahl a rather unfortunate choice; danach fragt er wenig it doesn’t seem to interest him much; ich verdiene zu wenig I earn too little; er bewegt sich zu wenig he doesn’t get enough exercise; ein wenig schneller a bit quicker; das kostet, wenig gerechnet, tausend Euro at a conservative estimate it will cost a thousand euros; wir haben uns in letzter Zeit wenig gesehen we haven’t seen much of each other lately; ein wenig übertrieben slightly exaggerated; ich fürchte mich ein wenig I’m a bit ( oder a little) scared

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little (Pron.); little (Adj.); little (Adv.); not much (Adv.);

ein wenig

a bit (Adv.); somewhat (Adv.); slightly (Adv.); a little (Adv.)

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We|nig ['veːnɪç]
nt

viele Wénig machen ein Viel (Prov) — it all adds up, many a mickle makes a muckle (Scot Prov)

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1) (small in amount; not much: He has little knowledge of the difficulties involved.) little

2) ((only) a small amount: He knows little of the real world.) little

3) (not much: I go out little nowadays.) little

4) (only to a small degree: a little-known fact.) little

5) (little; not much: You have small reason to be satisfied with yourself.) small

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we·nig

[ˈve:nɪç]

I. pron indef sing

1. (geringe Zahl)

▪ \weniges:

er beantwortete \weniges falsch few of his answers were wrong

sie versteht nur \weniges davon she understands only parts of it, she doesn't understand many parts of it

nur \weniges würde mich wirklich beeindrucken only very few things would really impress me

um \weniges besser/größer/kleiner als jd/etw a little [or not much] better/larger/smaller than sb/sth

2. (geringe Menge)

▪ \wenig little

dazu kann ich \wenig sagen there's little [or not much] I can say [on the matter]

aus \wenigem mehr machen to make more of the little one has

so/zu \wenig so/too little

II. pron indef pl

▪ \wenige few

die Arbeit \weniger [o von \wenigen] the work of few persons

einige \wenige a few

eine/einer von [o unter] [den] \wenigen one of the few

so/zu \wenige so/too few

es sind ihrer so \wenige there are so few of them

III. art indef sing

1. (geringe Zahl)

▪ \wenige/ \weniger/ \weniges:

ich habe \wenigen Schmuck/ \weniges Werkzeug I have little jewellery/few tools, I don't have much jewellery/many tools

es war \weniges Gute in seiner Rede his speech had few good points

so \wenige(r, s) so little/few

zu \wenige(r, s) too little/few

2. oft unreflektiert (geringe Menge)

▪ \wenig little

\wenig Gutes wird daraus little good will come of it

nach \wenigem kurzen Strecken after a little brief stretching

wir haben gleich \wenig Zeit we are both rushed for time

\wenig Glück haben to be not very lucky

nicht \wenig:

ich habe nicht \wenig Arbeit/Mühe/Spaß damit it's giving me quite a lot of work/it's causing me quite a lot of effort/it's quite a lot of fun

so/zu \wenig so/too little

zu \wenig Geld/Zeit haben to not have enough money/time

IV. art indef pl

▪ \wenig[e] few, not many

sie hat \wenig[e] Freunde she has few [or does not have many] friends

es gibt \wenig[e] solcher Exemplare there are few [or not many] such specimens

die Arbeit \weniger Beamter [o (selten) Beamten] the work of few officials

ich habe so/zu \wenig[e] Chancen I have so/too few chances

nach \wenigen Augenblicken moments later

einige \wenige a few

einige \wenige Leute warteten noch there were still a few people waiting

so/zu \wenig so/too few

mit \wenig[en] Worten in a few words, in a nutshell

V. adj little

das \wenige Geld reicht nicht this small amount of money is not enough

▪ das/der/die \wenige the little

das \wenige, was sie hat the little she has

▪ \wenig sein to be little [or not much]

das ist erschreckend \wenig that's appallingly little

so \wenig sein to be so little, to be not so much

das ist nicht so \wenig that's quite a lot

zu \wenig sein to be too little

VI. adv

1. + Verb (kaum)

\wenig essen/trinken to eat/drink little, to not eat/drink much

\wenig helfen to not help much, to be not much [or of little] help

zu \wenig too little, not enough

zu \wenig helfen to not help enough, to be of too little help

zu \wenig schlafen to not get enough sleep, to sleep too little

2. + adj, adv (gering) not very [or particularly]; + Verb not much, little

das ist \wenig interessant that's not very [or particularly] interesting [or of little interest]

\wenig besser/größer/kleiner a little [or not much] better/larger/smaller

nicht \wenig:

sie amüsierte sich nicht \wenig she was enjoying herself very much

ich war nicht \wenig erfreut/überrascht I was more than a little pleased/surprised

3.

▶ ein \wenig a little

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1.
Indefinitpronomen und unbestimmtes Zahlwort

1) Sing. little

das wenige Geld reicht nicht aus — this small amount of money is not enough

wenig Zeit/Geld haben — not have much or have little time/money

das ist wenig — that isn't much

dazu kann ich wenig sagen — I can't say much about that

zu wenig Zeit/Geld haben — not have enough time/money

ein Exemplar/50 Euro zu wenig — one copy too few/50 euros too little

nur weniges — only a little

2) Plural a few

nur wenig Leute waren unterwegs — only a few people were about

sie hatte wenig Bücher/Freunde — she had few books/friends

die wenigen, die davon wussten — the few who knew about it

nur wenige haben teilgenommen — only a few took part
2.
Adverb little

nur wenig besser — only a little better

wir waren nicht wenig erstaunt — we were more than a little astonished

wenig mehr — not much more

ein wenig — a little; (eine Weile) for a little while

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wenig

A. adj & indef pr

1. little, not much;

weniger less; MATH minus; pl fewer;

das wenigste the least;

am wenigsten (the) least (of all);

ein wenig a little;

immer weniger less and less;

das wenige Geld, das er hat what little money he has;

das wenige, was ich habe, gebe ich gern I’m very willing to give what little I have;

nicht wenig quite a lot;

nicht gerade wenig umg quite a lot (of);

nicht weniger als no less than; pl no fewer than;

ich war nichts weniger als erstaunt geh I was anything but ( oder not at all) surprised;

weniger werden decrease;

es kostet wenig it doesn’t cost much;

das ist wenig that’s not much;

dazu gehört wenig it doesn’t take much;

wenig fehlte, und er wäre … he came very close to … (+ger)

das macht wenig Freude it isn’t much fun;

wenig übrig haben für umg not have much time for;

das hat wenig Sinn there’s not much point in it;

es gibt wenig Neues there’s very little that’s new;

mit mehr oder weniger Erfolg more or less successfully;

mit wenigem auskommen get by on very little;

das wenigste, was man erwarten kann the least one could expect;

weniger ist mehr Topos: less is more;

weniger wäre mehr gewesen you can overdo things, less would have been more;

das ist das wenigste that’s the least of my worries;

sie wird immer weniger umg she’ll disappear completely one of these days

2. im pl:

wenige few, not many; (Menschen) few (people);

nicht wenige quite a few (people);

einige wenige a few;

nur wenige only a few;

in wenigen Tagen in a few days’ time;

wenige Augenblicke darauf a few minutes later;

mit wenigen Worten in a few words;

das wissen die wenigsten people just don’t realize that;

je weniger davon wissen, desto besser the fewer people who know about it the better

B. adv little, not much;

wenig bekannt little known;

wenig beliebt not very popular;

ein wenig gelesener Autor a little read author;

deine Anwesenheit war niemals weniger entbehrlich als jetzt your presence was never more indispensable than now;

weniger dumm als frech not so much stupid as impertinent;

nicht wenig erstaunt rather surprised;

nur wenig mehr only a little more;

sie geht wenig aus/ins Kino she doesn’t go out/to the cinema (US movies) much;

du schreibst so wenig you write so little;

er spricht immer weniger he says less and less;

das hilft mir wenig that’s not much help to me;

das stört mich wenig it doesn’t really bother me;

das interessiert mich weniger that doesn’t interest me as much, that interests me less;

eine wenig glückliche Wahl a rather unfortunate choice;

danach fragt er wenig it doesn’t seem to interest him much;

ich verdiene zu wenig I earn too little;

er bewegt sich zu wenig he doesn’t get enough exercise;

ein wenig schneller a bit quicker;

das kostet, wenig gerechnet, tausend Euro at a conservative estimate it will cost a thousand euros;

wir haben uns in letzter Zeit wenig gesehen we haven’t seen much of each other lately;

ein wenig übertrieben slightly exaggerated;

ich fürchte mich ein wenig I’m a bit ( oder a little) scared

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1.
Indefinitpronomen und unbestimmtes Zahlwort

1) Sing. little

das wenige Geld reicht nicht aus — this small amount of money is not enough

wenig Zeit/Geld haben — not have much or have little time/money

das ist wenig — that isn't much

dazu kann ich wenig sagen — I can't say much about that

zu wenig Zeit/Geld haben — not have enough time/money

ein Exemplar/50 Euro zu wenig — one copy too few/50 euros too little

nur weniges — only a little

2) Plural a few

nur wenig Leute waren unterwegs — only a few people were about

sie hatte wenig Bücher/Freunde — she had few books/friends

die wenigen, die davon wussten — the few who knew about it

nur wenige haben teilgenommen — only a few took part
2.
Adverb little

nur wenig besser — only a little better

wir waren nicht wenig erstaunt — we were more than a little astonished

wenig mehr — not much more

ein wenig — a little; (eine Weile) for a little while

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adj.

few adj.

less adj.

little adj.

sparse adj. adv.

little adv.

sparsely adv.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > wenig
15 lidt

немно́го, ма́ло

han táler lidt dansk — он говори́т немно́го по-да́тски

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awhile, bit, little, a little, slightly, trickle

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I. adj a little;

( kun lidt) only a little,

F little; but little;

adv a little, slightly,

T a bit,

F somewhat ( fx surprised, tired);

( om tid) a little, a moment ( fx wait a little, wait a moment),

T a bit ( fx stay on a bit);

[ lidt af en digter (, overraskelse)] a bit of a poet (, surprise);

[ lidt efter, lidt senere] after a while, a little later, shortly after;

[ lidt efter lidt] gradually, little by little,

T bit by bit;

[ for lidt siden] a moment ago, just now,

( lidt længere) a short while ago;

[ lidt i 7] a few minutes to 7;

[ klokken er lidt i 7]

( også) it is nearly (el. almost) 7;

[ klokken er lidt over 7] it is a few minutes past 7, it is just turned 7;

[ ikke så lidt] quite a lot, a good deal;

adv not a little ( fx surprised), more than a little (el. a bit) ( fx

curious);

[ lige så lidt som] no more than;

[ og lidt til] and then some ( fx he knew all there was to know about that - and then some);

[ lidt til en side] a little odd.

II. perf part af lide;

(se ilde, vellidt).

Danish-English dictionary > lidt
16 позачудвам

surprise a bit

позачудвам се be somewhat/be a bit surprised ; wonder a little

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позачу̀двам,

гл. surprise a bit;

\позачудвам се be somewhat/be a bit surprised; wonder a little.

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1. surprise a bit 2. ПОЗАЧУДВАМ се be somewhat/be a bit surprised ;wonder a little

Български-английски речник > позачудвам
17 least

least [li:st]

superlative of little

1. adjective

• the least ( = smallest amount of) le moins de ; ( = smallest) le moindre la moindre

• he has the least money c'est lui qui a le moins d'argent

• the least thing upsets her la moindre chose la contrarie

• with the least possible expenditure avec le moins de dépenses possibles

• that's the least of our worries c'est le cadet de nos soucis

2. pronoun

• the least le moins

• you've given me the least c'est à moi que tu en as donné le moins

• it's the least I can do c'est la moindre des choses

• it's the least one can expect c'est la moindre des choses

• what's the least you are willing to accept? quel prix minimum êtes-vous prêt à accepter ?

► at least (with quantity, comparison) au moins ; (parenthetically) du moins

• it costs $5 at least cela coûte au moins 5 dollars

• there were at least eight books il y avait au moins huit livres

• he's at least as old as you il a au moins votre âge

• he eats at least as much as I do il mange au moins autant que moi

• at least it's not raining au moins il ne pleut pas

• you could at least have told me! tu aurais pu au moins me le dire !

• I can at least try je peux toujours essayer

• he's ill, at least that's what he says il est malade, du moins c'est ce qu'il dit► at the very least du moins

► in the least

• not in the least! pas du tout !

• he was not in the least tired il n'était pas le moins du monde fatigué

• it didn't surprise me in the least ça ne m'a pas étonné du tout

• it doesn't matter in the least cela n'a pas la moindre importance► the least bit

• I wasn't the least bit surprised je n'étais pas le moins du monde étonné► to say the least

• I was annoyed, to say the least j'étais mécontent, c'est le moins qu'on puisse dire

• she was not very careful, to say the least elle était pour le moins imprudente

3. adverb

• the least le moins la moins

• the least expensive le moins cher

• the least expensive car la voiture la moins chère

• when you are least expecting it quand vous vous y attendez le moins

► least of all

• he deserves it least of all c'est lui qui le mérite le moins

• nobody seemed amused, least of all John cela ne semblait amuser personne et surtout pas John► not least

• all countries, not least the USA tous les pays, et en particulier les USA

• not least because... notamment parce que...

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Note: When the least is used as a quantifier followed by a noun to mean the smallest quantity of it is translated by le moins de: to have the least food = avoir le moins de nourriture

But when the least is used as a quantifier to mean the slightest it is translated by le or la moindre: I haven't the least idea = je n'en ai pas la moindre idée

For examples of these and particular usages see I below

For translations of least as a pronoun or adverb see II and III below

The phrase at least is usually translated by au moins

For examples and exceptions see IV below

For the phrase in the least see V below
[liːst] 1.
(superlative of little) quantifier

(the) least — (le) moins de; ( in negative constructions) (le or la) moindre

they have the least food — ce sont eux qui ont le moins de nourriture or le moins à manger

they haven't the least chance of winning — ils n'ont pas la moindre chance de gagner

I haven't the least idea — je n'en ai pas la moindre idée

the least thing annoys him — la moindre chose l'agace

he wasn't the least bit jealous — il n'était pas jaloux du tout
2.
pronoun le moins

we have the least — c'est nous qui en avons le moins

it was the least I could do! — c'est la moindre des choses!

the least he could have done was phone the police — il aurait au moins pu appeler la police

that's the least of our problems! — c'est le cadet de nos soucis!

that's the least of it — ce n'est pas tout

she was surprised, to say the least (of it) — le moins qu'on puisse dire, c'est qu'elle était surprise
3.
adverb

1) ( with adjective or noun)

the least — le/la moins; ( with plural noun) les moins

the least wealthy families — les familles les moins riches

2) ( with verbs) le moins inv

I like that one (the) least — c'est celui-là que j'aime le moins

those least able to cope — ceux qui ont le plus de mal à se débrouiller

nobody liked it, John least of all ou least of all John — personne ne l'aimait, John encore moins que les autres
4.
at least adverbial phrase ( at the minimum) au moins; ( qualifying statement) du moins

at least 50 people — au moins 50 personnes

she's at least 40 — elle a au moins 40 ans

he's at least as qualified as she is — il est au moins aussi qualifié qu'elle

they could at least have phoned! — ils auraient au moins pu téléphoner!

he's gone to bed - at least I think so — il est allé se coucher - du moins, je pense

such people are at the very least guilty of negligence — de telles personnes sont au moins coupables de négligence
5.
in the least adverbial phrase

I'm not worried in the least —

I'm not in the least (bit) worried — je ne suis pas inquiet le moins du monde

I'm not hungry in the least —

I'm not in the least (bit) hungry — je n'ai absolument pas faim

it doesn't matter in the least — ça n'a pas la moindre importance

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last but not least —

last but by no means least — enfin et surtout

English-French dictionary > least
18 all

1. attributive adjective
1) (entire extent or quantity of) ganz

all day — den ganzen Tag

for all that — trotz allem

all his life — sein ganzes Leben

all my money — all mein Geld; mein ganzes Geld

stop all this noise/shouting! — hör mit dem Krach/Geschrei auf!

thank you for all your hard work — danke für all deine Anstrengungen

get away from it all — einmal von allem abschalten

that says it all — das sagt alles

2) (entire number of) alle

all the books — alle Bücher

all my books — all[e] meine Bücher

where are all the glasses? — wo sind all die Gläser?

all ten men — alle zehn Männer

we all went to bed — wir gingen alle schlafen

all the others — alle anderen

all Goethe's works — sämtliche Werke Goethes

why he of all people? — warum ausgerechnet er?

people of all ages — Menschen jeden Alters

All Fools' Day — der 1. April

3) (any whatever) jeglicher/jegliche/jegliches

4) (greatest possible)

in all innocence — in aller Unschuld

with all speed — so schnell wie möglich
2. noun
1) (all persons) alle

all present — alle Anwesenden

one and all — [alle] ohne Ausnahme

all and sundry — Krethi und Plethi

all of us — wir alle

the happiest/most beautiful of all — der/die Glücklichste/die Schönste unter allen

most of all — am meisten

he ran fastest of all — er lief am schnellsten

2) (every bit)

all of it/the money — alles/das ganze od. alles Geld

3)

all of (coll.): (as much as) be all of seven feet tall — gut sieben Fuß groß sein

4) (all things) alles

all I need is the money — ich brauche nur das Geld

all is not lost — es ist nicht alles verloren

it's all or nothing — es geht ums Ganze

most of all — am meisten

give one's all — sein Letztes geben

it was all but impossible — es war fast unmöglich

all in all — alles in allem

it's all the same or all one to me — es ist mir ganz egal od. völlig gleichgültig

that's all very well — das ist alles schön und gut

can I help you at all? — kann ich Ihnen irgendwie behilflich sein?

I do not care at all — es ist mir völlig gleich

you are not disturbing me at all — du störst mich nicht im geringsten

were you surprised at all? — warst du denn überrascht?

nothing at all — gar nichts

not at all happy/well — überhaupt nicht glücklich/gesund

not at all! — überhaupt nicht!; (acknowledging thanks) gern geschehen!; nichts zu danken!

if at all — wenn überhaupt

in all — insgesamt

5) (Sport)

two [goals] all — zwei zu zwei; (Tennis)

thirty all — dreißig beide
3. adverb
ganz

all but — fast

he all but fell down — er wäre fast heruntergefallen

all the better/worse [for that] — um so besser/schlimmer

I feel all the better for it — das hat mir wirklich gut getan

all at once — (suddenly) plötzlich; (simultaneously) alle[s] zugleich

all too soon — allzu schnell

be all for something — (coll.) sehr für etwas sein

be all in — (exhausted) total od. völlig erledigt sein (ugs.)

go all out [to do something] — alles daransetzen[, etwas zu tun]

be all ready [to go] — (coll.) fertig [zum Weggehen] sein (ugs.)

something is all right — etwas ist in Ordnung; (tolerable) etwas ist ganz gut

did you get home all right? — sind Sie gut nach Hause gekommen?

I'm all right — mir geht es ganz gut

work out all right — gut gehen; klappen (ugs.)

that's her, all right — das ist sie, ganz recht

yes, all right — ja, gut

is it all right if I go in? — kann ich reingehen?

it's all right by or with me — das ist mir recht

lie all round the room — überall im Zimmer herumliegen

I don't think he's all there — (coll.) ich glaube, er ist nicht ganz da (ugs.)

all the same — trotzdem

it's all the same to me — es ist mir einerlei

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[o:l] 1. adjective, pronoun
1) (the whole (of): He ate all the cake; He has spent all of his money.) ganz

2) (every one (of a group) when taken together: They were all present; All men are equal.) alle
2. adverb
1) (entirely: all alone; dressed all in white.) ganz

2) ((with the) much; even: Your low pay is all the more reason to find a new job; I feel all the better for a shower.) um so

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all

[ɒ:l, AM also ɑ:l]

I. adj attr, inv

1. + pl n (the whole number of, every one of) alle

are those \all the documents you can find? sind das alle Papiere, die du finden kannst?

\all my glasses are broken alle meine [o meine ganzen] Gläser sind kaputt, meine Gläser sind alle [o fam allesamt] kaputt

\all children should have a right to education alle Kinder sollten ein Recht auf Bildung haben

\all her children go to public school alle ihre Kinder besuchen eine Privatschule, ihre Kinder besuchen alle [o fam allesamt] ein Privatschule

20% of \all items sold had been reduced 20 % aller verkauften Artikel waren reduziert

\all six [of the] men are electricians alle sechs [Männer] sind Elektriker

I had to use \all my powers of persuasion ich musste meine ganze Überzeugungskraft aufbieten

I've locked myself out — of \all the stupid things to do! ich habe mich ausgeschlossen! — wie kann man nur so blöd sein!

on \all fours auf allen vieren

from \all directions aus allen Richtungen

\all the people alle [Leute]

why did the take him, of \all people? warum haben sie ausgerechnet ihn genommen?

\all the others alle anderen

2. + sing n (the whole of) der/die/das ganze...

they lost \all their money sie haben ihr ganzes Geld verloren

\all day [long] den ganzen Tag [lang]

\all her life ihr ganzes Leben

for \all the money trotz des ganzen Geldes

\all the time die ganze Zeit

he was unemployed for \all that time er war all die Zeit [o die ganze Zeit über] [o während der ganzen Zeit] arbeitslos

\all the way den ganzen [weiten] Weg

\all week/year die ganze Woche/das ganze Jahr

3. + sing n (every type of) jede(r, s)

\all wood should be treated jedes Holz sollte [o alle Holzarten sollten] behandelt werden

4. (the greatest possible) all

with \all haste [or speed] [or dispatch] ( form) so schnell wie möglich

in \all honesty [or sincerity] ganz ehrlich

with \all due respect,... bei allem Respekt,..., mit Verlaub,... geh

with \all speed so schnell wie möglich

in \all probability aller Wahrscheinlichkeit nach

5. (any whatever) jegliche(r, s)

she denied \all knowledge of the matter sie stritt ab, irgendetwas über die Sache zu wissen

beyond \all doubt jenseits allen Zweifels

6.

▶ for \all trotz + gen

for \all her money she is not happy trotz ihres ganzen Geldes ist sie nicht glücklich

▶ \all good things must come to an end ( prov) alles hat ein Ende

▶ ... and \all that jazz [or (pej!) rubbish]... und das ganze Zeug pej fam

▶ not as... as \all that:

he's not as rich as \all that so reich ist er nun auch wieder nicht

II. pron

1. (the total, everybody, every one) alle

the best-looking of \all der Bestaussehende von allen

we saw \all of them wir haben [sie] alle gesehen

\all of them [or they \all] liked the film der Film hat ihnen allen [o allen von ihnen] gefallen

the house has four bedrooms, \all with balconies das Haus hat vier Schlafzimmer, alle mit Balkon

her last novel was [the] best of \all ihr letzter Roman war der beste von allen

\all but one of the pupils came to the outing bis auf einen Schüler nahmen alle am Ausflug teil

\all and sundry jedermann, Gott und die Welt

one and \all alle

let's sing now one and \all! lasst uns jetzt alle zusammen singen!

\all but... alle außer..., bis auf...

2. (everything) alles

it was \all very strange es war alles sehr seltsam

\all is not lost yet noch ist nicht alles verloren

tell me \all about it erzähl mir alles darüber

he's eaten \all of it [or eaten it \all] er hat alles aufgegessen

have you drunk \all of the milk? hast du die ganze Milch getrunken?

first of \all zuerst; (most importantly) vor allem

most of \all am meisten

there are many professions which interest him, but most of \all, he'd like to be a zookeeper viele Berufe interessieren ihn, aber am liebsten wäre er Zoowärter

\all in one alles in einem

a corkscrew and bottle-opener \all in one ein Korkenzieher und Flaschenöffner in einem

to give [or put] one's \all alles [o sein Letztes] geben

and \all ( fam) und all dem

what with the fog and \all, I'd really not drive tonight ( fam) bei dem Nebel und so möchte ich heute Nacht wirklich nicht fahren fam

3. + relative clause (the only thing) alles

it was \all that he had es war alles, was er hatte

it's \all [that] I can do for you mehr kann ich nicht für dich tun

\all I want is to be left alone ich will nur in Ruhe gelassen werden

the remark was so silly, it was \all she could do not to laugh die Bemerkung war so dumm, dass sie sich sehr zusammenreißen musste, um nicht zu lachen

\all [that] it takes is a little bit of luck man braucht nur etwas Glück

that's \all I need right now ( iron) das hat mir jetzt gerade noch gefehlt pej

for \all...:

for \all I care,.... von mir aus...

for \all I know,... (as far as I know) soviel [o soweit] ich weiß...; (I don't know) was weiß ich,...

are the married? — for \all I know they could be sind sie verheiratet? — was weiß ich, schon möglich!

where is she? — for \all I know she could be on holidays wo ist sie? — was weiß ich, vielleicht [ist sie] im Urlaub!

4. (for emphasis)

at \all überhaupt

do you ever travel to the States at \all? fährst du überhaupt je in die Staaten?

if at \all wenn überhaupt

nothing [or not anything] at \all überhaupt nichts

not at \all überhaupt nicht

thanks very much for your help — not at \all, it was a pleasure vielen Dank für Ihre Hilfe — keine Ursache [o nichts zu danken], es war mir ein Vergnügen

5.

▶ and \all ( fam: as well) auch

I'm cold — yeah, me and \all mir ist kalt — ja, mir auch

get one for me and \all bring mir auch einen

▶ \all for one, and one for \all ( saying) alle für einen, einer für alle

▶ in \all insgesamt

that's £20 in \all das macht alles zusammen 20 Pfund

▶ \all in \all alles in allem

▶ \all of... (at least) mindestens...; (as much as) gut...; (as little as) ganze...

it's going to cost \all of a million dollars das kostet mindestens eine Million Dollar

the book has sold \all of 200/400,000 copies von dem Buch sind ganze 200/gut 400.000 Exemplare verkauft worden

▶ to be \all one to sb jdm egal [o gleich] sein

▶ \all told insgesamt

they tried a dozen times \all told sie versuchten es insgesamt ein Dutzend Mal

▶ \all's well that ends well ( prov) Ende gut, alles gut prov

III. adv inv

1. (entirely) ganz, völlig

it's \all about money these days heutzutage geht es nur ums Geld

she's been \all round the world sie war schon überall auf der Welt

to be \all in favour of sth ganz [o völlig] begeistert von etw dat sein

\all in green ganz in Grün

to be \all in one piece heil [o unbeschädigt] sein

to be \all of a piece with sth mit etw dat völlig übereinstimmen

to spill sth \all over the place/floor etw überall/über den gesamten Boden verschütten

the baby got food \all over its bib das Baby hatte sich sein ganzes Lätzchen vollgekleckert

to be \all over the place [or BRIT shop] ( fam) überall sein

to be not \all that happy nicht gerade glücklich sein

\all alone ganz allein

\all along die ganze Zeit

she's been fooling us \all along sie hat uns die ganze Zeit getäuscht

to be \all over aus und vorbei sein

to be \all for doing sth ganz dafür sein, etw zu tun

my son is \all for spending the summer on the beach mein Sohn will den Sommer unbedingt am Strand verbringen

2. (totally, only)

the newspaper was \all advertisements die Zeitung bestand fast nur aus Anzeigen

I was \all the family she ever had ich war die einzige Familie, die sie je hatte

he was \all smiles er strahlte über das ganze Gesicht

he's \all talk [or ( fam) mouth] er ist nur ein Schwätzer pej, er schwingt nur große Worte

to be \all charm seinen ganzen Charme spielenlassen

to be \all ears ganz Ohr sein

to be \all eyes gespannt zusehen

to be \all a flutter ganz aus dem Häuschen sein fam

to be \all silk/wool aus reiner Seide/Wolle sein

3.

▪ \all the... (even) umso...; (much) viel...

\all the better [for that]! umso besser!

now that he's a star he'll be \all the more difficult to work with jetzt wo er ein Star ist, wird die Zusammenarbeit mit ihm umso schwieriger sein

I feel \all the better for your visit seit du da bist, geht es mir schon viel besser

4. (for emphasis) äußerst, ausgesprochen

she was \all excited sie war ganz aufgeregt

now don't get \all upset about it nun reg dich doch nicht so [furchtbar] darüber auf

your proposal is \all very well in theory, but... in der Theorie ist dein Vorschlag ja schön und gut, aber...

\all too... nur zu...

I'm \all too aware of the problems die Probleme sind mir nur zu gegenwärtig

the end of the holiday came \all too soon der Urlaub war nur viel zu schnell zu Ende

5. SPORT (to both sides)

the score is three \all es steht drei zu drei [unentschieden] [o drei beide

6.

to not do sth \all that well (not really) etw nicht gerade toll tun fam

she doesn't sing \all that well sie kann nicht besonders toll singen fam

to not be \all that... (not as much as thought) so... nun auch wieder nicht sein

he's not \all that important so wichtig ist er nun auch wieder nicht

7. (nearly)

\all but fast

the party was \all but over when we arrived die Party war schon fast vorbei, als wir ankamen

it was \all but impossible to read his writing es war nahezu unmöglich, seine Handschrift zu entziffern

8.

▶ to go \all out for sth alles für etw akk tun

▶ \all in (exhausted)

he felt \all in er war völlig erledigt; BRIT (including everything) alles inklusive

the holiday cost £600 \all in alles inklusive hat der Urlaub hat 600 Pfund gekostet

▶ to be \all over sb ( pej: excessively enthusiastic) sich akk [geradezu] auf jdn stürzen; ( fam: harass) jdn total anmachen fam, über jdn herfallen ÖSTERR fam

▶ that's sb \all over das sieht jdm ähnlich

he invited me out for dinner and then discovered he didn't have any money — that's Bill \all over! er lud mich ein, mit ihm auswärts zu essen, und merkte dann, dass er kein Geld bei sich hatte — typisch Bill!

▶ to be \all over the place [or BRIT shop] ( fam: badly organised) [völlig] chaotisch sein; (confused) völlig von der Rolle [o ÖSTERR daneben] sein fam

▶ \all round [or around] AM (in every way) rundum; (for each person) für alle

that was a success/good performance \all round das war ein voller Erfolg/eine rundum gelungene Vorstellung

he bought drinks \all round er gab eine Runde Getränke aus

▶ to be not \all there ( fam) nicht ganz richtig [im Kopf] sein fam, nicht alle Tassen im Schrank haben fig fam

▶ to be \all up with sb ( fam)

it looks as though it's \all up with us now es sieht so aus, als seien wir nun endgültig am Ende fam

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[ɔːl]
1. ADJECTIVE
with nouns plural alle; (singular) ganze(r, s), alle(r, s)When alle is used to translate all the it is not followed by the German article.
we have considered all the possibilities — wir haben alle Möglichkeiten in Betracht gezogen

she brought all the children — sie brachte alle Kinder mit

all the problems have been solved — alle or sämtliche Probleme wurden gelöst

all kinds or sorts of people — alle möglichen Leute

all the tobacco —

all the milk all the fruit — die ganze Milch, alle Milch das ganze Obst, alles Obst

all you boys can come with me — ihr Jungen könnt alle mit mir kommen

the money was all there — alles Geld or das ganze Geld war da

where's all that water coming from? — wo kommt das ganze or all das Wasser her?

all the time — die ganze Zeit

all day ( long) — den ganzen Tag (lang)

all Spain — ganz Spanien

to dislike all sport — jeglichen Sport ablehnen

in all respects — in jeder Hinsicht

all my strength — meine ganze Kraft

all my books/friends — alle meine Bücher/Freunde, meine ganzen Bücher/Freunde

all my life — mein ganzes Leben (lang)

they all came —

we all sat down — wir setzten uns alle

I invited them all — ich habe sie alle eingeladen Note that it all is usually translated by alles alone:

he took/spent it all — er hat alles genommen/ausgegeben

it all happened so quickly — alles geschah so schnell, es geschah alles so schnell

he's seen/done it all — für ihn gibt es nichts Neues mehr, ihn kann nichts mehr erschüttern (inf)

I don't understand all that — ich verstehe das alles nicht

what's all this/that about? — was soll das Ganze?

what's all this/that? — was ist denn das?; (annoyed) was soll denn das!

what's all this I hear about you leaving? — was höre ich da! Sie wollen gehen?

with all possible speed — so schnell wie möglich

with all due care — mit angemessener Sorgfalt

with all due speed — in angemessenem Tempo

they will take all possible precautions — sie werden alle möglichen Sicherheitsvorkehrungen treffen

2. PRONOUN

1) = everything alles

all is well — alles ist gut

I'm just curious, that's all — ich bin nur neugierig, das ist alles

that's all that matters — darauf allein kommt es an

that's all he said — das ist alles, was er gesagt hat, mehr hat er nicht gesagt

that is all (that) I can tell you — mehr kann ich Ihnen nicht sagen

it was all I could do not to laugh — ich musste an mich halten, um nicht zu lachen

all of Paris/of the house — ganz Paris/das ganze Haus

all of it — alles

I don't need all of it — ich brauche nicht alles

all of 5 kms/£5 —

it took him all of three hours — er brauchte ganze drei Stunden

2) = everybody alle pl

all who knew him — alle, die ihn kannten

all of them — (sie) alle

the score was two all — es stand zwei zu zwei

3. ADVERB
(= quite, entirely) ganz
dressed all in white, all dressed in white — ganz in Weiß (gekleidet)

all woman — ganz Frau

all dirty/excited etc — ganz schmutzig/aufgeregt etc

that's all very fine or well — das ist alles ganz schön und gut

all wool — reine Wolle

an all wool carpet — ein reinwollener Teppich, ein Teppich aus reiner Wolle

it was red all over — es war ganz rot

that's Dave all over — das ist typisch Dave

all down the front of her dress — überall vorn auf ihrem Kleid

all along the road — die ganze Straße entlang

there were chairs all around the room — rundum im Zimmer standen Stühle

he ordered whiskies/drinks all round —

what's the film all about? — wovon handelt der Film überhaupt?

I'll tell you all about it — ich erzähl dir alles

it was all about a little girl — es handelte von einem kleinen Mädchen

4. NOUN
__diams; one's all alles
he staked his all on this race/deal — er setzte alles auf dieses Rennen/Unternehmen

the horses were giving their all — die Pferde gaben ihr Letztes

5. SET STRUCTURES
__diams; all along (= from the start) von Anfang an, die ganze Zeit (über)
I feared that all along — das habe ich von Anfang an befürchtet, das habe ich schon die ganze Zeit (über) befürchtet

he all but died —

he all but lost it — er hätte es fast verloren

the party won all but six of the seats — die Partei hat alle außer sechs Sitzen or alle bis auf sechs Sitze gewonnen

I'm all for it! — ich bin ganz dafür __diams; all found insgesamt, alles in allem __diams; all in ( inf

to be or feel all in — total erledigt sein (inf) __diams; all in all alles in allem

it's all one to me — das ist mir (ganz) egal or einerlei

all the hotter/prettier/happier etc — noch heißer/hübscher/glücklicher etc

all the funnier because... — umso lustiger, weil...

or vacation (US) — jetzt, wo ich Urlaub gemacht habe, gehts mir viel besser

all the more so since... —

all the better to see you with — damit ich dich besser sehen kann

all the same, it's a pity — trotzdem ist es schade

it's all the same to me —

if it's all the same to you — wenn es Ihnen egal ist

he's all there/not all there — er ist voll da/nicht ganz da (inf) __diams; all too + adjective/adverb

all too soon/quickly — viel zu or allzu früh/schnell

he ate the orange, peel and all — er hat die ganze Orange gegessen, samt der Schale

the whole family came, children and all — die Familie kam mit Kind und Kegel

what with the snow and all (inf) — mit dem ganzen Schnee und so (inf)

nothing at all — überhaupt or gar nichts

did/didn't you say anything at all? — haben Sie überhaupt etwas gesagt/gar or überhaupt nichts gesagt?

I'm not at all sure, I'm not sure at all — ich bin mir ganz und gar nicht sicher, ich bin gar nicht ganz sicher

I'm not at all angry etc, I'm not angry etc at all — ich bin überhaupt nicht wütend etc, ich bin ganz und gar nicht wütend etc

it's not bad at all — das ist gar nicht schlecht

I don't know at all — ich weiß es überhaupt nicht

if at all possible — wenn irgend möglich

for all his wealth — trotz (all) seines Reichtums

for all that — trotz allem, trotzdem

for all I know she could be ill —

is he in Paris? – for all I know he could be — ist er in Paris? – schon möglich, was weiß ich!

ten people in all — insgesamt zehn Personen __diams; all that ( US inf ) einfach super (inf)

it's not all that bad, it's not as bad as all that — so schlimm ist es nun auch wieder nicht

it isn't all THAT expensive! — so teuer ist es nun wieder auch nicht

of all the idiots! — so ein Idiot!

of all the stupid things to do! — so was Dummes!

why me of all people? — warum ausgerechnet ich?

happiest/earliest/clearest etc of all —

that would be best of all — das wäre am besten

I like him best of all — von allen mag ich ihn am liebsten

most of all —

most of all I'd like to be... — am liebsten wäre ich...

the best car of all — das allerbeste Auto __diams; to be all things to all men (person) sich mit jedem gutstellen; (thing, invention, new software etc) das Ideale sein

a party which claims to be all things to all men — eine Partei, die behauptet, allen etwas zu bieten __diams; you all ( US inf ) ihr (alle); (to two people) ihr (beide)

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all [ɔːl]

A adj

1. all, sämtlich, gesamt, vollständig, ganz:

all one’s courage seinen ganzen Mut;

all mistakes alle oder sämtliche Fehler;

all my friends alle meine Freunde;

all night (long) die ganze Nacht (hindurch);

all (the) day, all day long den ganzen Tag, den lieben langen Tag;

all day and every day tagelang; tagaus, tagein;

open all day ganztägig geöffnet;

all the time

a) die ganze Zeit (über),

b) ständig, immer;

at all times zu jeder Zeit, jederzeit;

all the town die ganze Stadt, jedermann; → day 6

2. jeder, jede, jedes, alle pl:

at all hours zu jeder Stunde;

beyond all question ohne Frage, fraglos;

in all respects in jeder Hinsicht;

deny all responsibility jede Verantwortung ablehnen; → sundry

3. vollkommen, völlig, total, ganz, rein:

all nonsense reiner Unsinn;

all wool US reine Wolle; → leg Bes Redew

B adv

1. ganz (u. gar), gänzlich, völlig:

all alone ganz allein;

all the um so …;

all the better um so besser;

she was all gratitude sie war voll(er) Dankbarkeit;

she is all kindness sie ist die Güte selber;

all one einerlei, gleichgültig;

he is all for it er ist unbedingt dafür;

all important äußerst wichtig, entscheidend;

all mad völlig verrückt;

all wrong ganz falsch; → same C

2. für jede Seite, beide:

the score was two all das Spiel stand zwei zu zwei

3. poet gerade, eben

C pron alles:

all of it alles, das Ganze;

all of us wir alle;

good night, all gute Nacht allerseits!;

all of a year ein ganzes Jahr;

it took me all of two days ich brauchte zwei volle oder ganze zwei Tage ( to do zu tun);

that’s all das ist oder wäre alles;

that’s all there is to it das ist die ganze Geschichte;

all or nothing alles oder nichts;

it’s all or nothing for es geht um alles oder nichts für;

it all began die ganze Sache begann;

and all that und dergleichen;

when all is said and done letzten Endes, schließlich; → end B 1

D s

1. alles:

his all

a) sein Hab und Gut,

b) auch his all and all sein Ein und Alles

2. oft All PHIL (Welt)All nBesondere Redewendungen: all along die ganze Zeit (über);

all around

a) rund(her)um, ringsumher,

b) überall,

c) durch die Bank umg, durchweg all in alles inklusive;

be ( oder feel) all in umg total fertig oder erledigt sein;

all in all alles in allem;

his wife is all in all to him seine Frau bedeutet ihm alles;

all out umg

a) total fertig oder erledigt,

b) auf dem Holzweg (im Irrtum),

c) mit aller Macht ( for sth auf etwas aus), mit restlosem Einsatz,

d) vollständig ( → all-out) go all out umg

a) alles daransetzen, aufs Ganze gehen,

b) besonders SPORT das Letzte aus sich herausholen all over

a) umg ganz und gar,

b) überall,

c) überallhin, in ganz England etc herum, im ganzen Haus etc herum,

d) auch all over one’s body am ganzen Körper, überall that is Doug all over das ist ganz oder typisch Doug, das sieht Doug ähnlich;

news from all over Nachrichten von überall her;

be all over sb umg an jemandem einen Narren gefressen haben;

all right

a) ganz recht oder richtig,

b) schon gut,

c) in Ordnung (auch Person), engS. unbeschädigt,

d) na schön!,

e) umg mit Sicherheit, ohne Zweifel,

f) erlaubt I’m all right bei mir ist alles in Ornung;

he’s all right ihm ist nichts passiert;

I’m all right, Jack umg Hauptsache, mir geht’s gut;

be all right for

a) geeignet sein oder passen für,

b) annehmbar sein für it’s all right for you to laugh du hast gut lachen;

I’m all right for money umg bei mir stimmt die Kasse;

are you all right in that chair? sitzt du gut in dem Sessel?;

is it all right if I’ …? darf ich …?;

it’s all right with ( oder by) me von mir aus, ich habe nichts dagegen;

he arrived all right er ist gut angekommen;

all round

a) rund(her)um, ringsumher,

b) überall,

c) durch die Bank umg, durchweg taken all round umg alles in allem;

all there gewitzt, gescheit, auf Draht umg;

he is not all there er ist nicht ganz bei Trost;

all up umg total fertig oder erledigt;

it’s all up with him mit ihm ists aus;

he of all people came ausgerechnet er kam;

I thought you of all people would understand ich dachte, gerade du würdest das verstehen; (siehe weitere Verbindungen unter den entsprechenden Stichwörtern)

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1. attributive adjective
1) (entire extent or quantity of) ganz

all day — den ganzen Tag

for all that — trotz allem

all his life — sein ganzes Leben

all my money — all mein Geld; mein ganzes Geld

stop all this noise/shouting! — hör mit dem Krach/Geschrei auf!

thank you for all your hard work — danke für all deine Anstrengungen

get away from it all — einmal von allem abschalten

that says it all — das sagt alles

2) (entire number of) alle

all the books — alle Bücher

all my books — all[e] meine Bücher

where are all the glasses? — wo sind all die Gläser?

all ten men — alle zehn Männer

we all went to bed — wir gingen alle schlafen

all the others — alle anderen

all Goethe's works — sämtliche Werke Goethes

why he of all people? — warum ausgerechnet er?

people of all ages — Menschen jeden Alters

All Fools' Day — der 1. April

3) (any whatever) jeglicher/jegliche/jegliches

4) (greatest possible)

in all innocence — in aller Unschuld

with all speed — so schnell wie möglich
2. noun
1) (all persons) alle

all present — alle Anwesenden

one and all — [alle] ohne Ausnahme

all and sundry — Krethi und Plethi

all of us — wir alle

the happiest/most beautiful of all — der/die Glücklichste/die Schönste unter allen

most of all — am meisten

he ran fastest of all — er lief am schnellsten

2) (every bit)

all of it/the money — alles/das ganze od. alles Geld

3)

all of (coll.): (as much as) be all of seven feet tall — gut sieben Fuß groß sein

4) (all things) alles

all I need is the money — ich brauche nur das Geld

all is not lost — es ist nicht alles verloren

it's all or nothing — es geht ums Ganze

most of all — am meisten

give one's all — sein Letztes geben

it was all but impossible — es war fast unmöglich

all in all — alles in allem

it's all the same or all one to me — es ist mir ganz egal od. völlig gleichgültig

that's all very well — das ist alles schön und gut

can I help you at all? — kann ich Ihnen irgendwie behilflich sein?

I do not care at all — es ist mir völlig gleich

you are not disturbing me at all — du störst mich nicht im geringsten

were you surprised at all? — warst du denn überrascht?

nothing at all — gar nichts

not at all happy/well — überhaupt nicht glücklich/gesund

not at all! — überhaupt nicht!; (acknowledging thanks) gern geschehen!; nichts zu danken!

if at all — wenn überhaupt

in all — insgesamt

5) (Sport)

two [goals] all — zwei zu zwei; (Tennis)

thirty all — dreißig beide
3. adverb
ganz

all but — fast

he all but fell down — er wäre fast heruntergefallen

all the better/worse [for that] — um so besser/schlimmer

I feel all the better for it — das hat mir wirklich gut getan

all at once — (suddenly) plötzlich; (simultaneously) alle[s] zugleich

all too soon — allzu schnell

be all for something — (coll.) sehr für etwas sein

be all in — (exhausted) total od. völlig erledigt sein (ugs.)

go all out [to do something] — alles daransetzen[, etwas zu tun]

be all ready [to go] — (coll.) fertig [zum Weggehen] sein (ugs.)

something is all right — etwas ist in Ordnung; (tolerable) etwas ist ganz gut

did you get home all right? — sind Sie gut nach Hause gekommen?

I'm all right — mir geht es ganz gut

work out all right — gut gehen; klappen (ugs.)

that's her, all right — das ist sie, ganz recht

yes, all right — ja, gut

is it all right if I go in? — kann ich reingehen?

it's all right by or with me — das ist mir recht

lie all round the room — überall im Zimmer herumliegen

I don't think he's all there — (coll.) ich glaube, er ist nicht ganz da (ugs.)

all the same — trotzdem

it's all the same to me — es ist mir einerlei

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adj.

all adj.

ganz adj.

jeder adj.

sämtlich adj.

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19 moins

moins [mwɛ̃]

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1. adverb

2. preposition

3. masculine noun

4. compounds

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1. <

   a. (comparatif) less

• beaucoup moins much less

• un peu moins a little less

• tellement moins so much less

• encore moins even less

• trois fois moins three times less

• non moins célèbre no less famous

• nous sortons moins we go out less

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► moins se traduit souvent par not as.

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• c'est moins rapide it's not as fast

• il fait moins chaud ici it's not as hot in here

► moins... que less... than

• il est moins intelligent qu'elle he's less intelligent than her

• cela m'a coûté moins que rien it cost me next to nothing

• je l'ai eu pour moins que rien I got it for next to nothing

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► Les expressions du type moins... que sont souvent traduites par l'équivalent anglais de pas aussi... que.

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• c'est moins grand que je ne croyais it's not as big as I thought it was

• il travaille moins que vous he doesn't work as hard as you

• j'aime moins la campagne en hiver qu'en été I don't like the countryside as much in winter as in summer

► moins de + nom non comptable less

• je mange moins de pain qu'avant I eat less bread than I used to► moins de + nom comptable

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► Avec un nom comptable, la traduction correcte est fewer, mais la plupart des gens disent less.

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• il y aura moins de monde demain there'll be fewer people tomorrow there'll be less people tomorrow

• mange moins de bonbons don't eat so many sweets

► moins de + nombre

• les moins de 25 ans the under-25s

• les enfants de moins de quatre ans children under four

• nous l'avons fait en moins de cinq minutes we did it in less than five minutes

• il y a moins de deux ans qu'il vit ici he's been living here for less than two years

• il était un peu moins de 6 heures it was just before 6 o'clock

• la frontière est à moins de 3 km the border is less than 3km away► deux fois moins

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► deux fois moins se traduit souvent par half.

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• c'est deux fois moins grand it's half the size

• cela coûtait deux fois moins it was half the price

► moins... moins the less... the less ; (avec nom comptable) the fewer... the fewer

• moins je mange, moins j'ai d'appétit the less I eat, the less hungry I feel

• moins il y a de clients, moins j'ai de travail the fewer customers I have, the less work I have to do► moins... plus

• moins je fume, plus je mange the less I smoke, the more I eat► moins... mieux

• moins je fume, mieux je me porte the less I smoke, the better I feel

• moins j'ai de coups de fil, mieux je travaille the fewer phone calls I get, the more work I can do► à moins

• vous ne l'obtiendrez pas à moins you won't get it for less

• il est fatigué -- on le serait à moins he's tired -- that's hardly surprising► à moins de

• à moins d'un accident, ça devrait marcher barring accidents, it should work

• il jouera, à moins d'un imprévu he'll be playing unless something unexpected happens

• à moins de faire une bêtise, il devrait gagner unless he does something silly he should win► à moins que

• à moins qu'il ne vienne unless he comes► de moins

• il gagne 500 euros de moins qu'elle he earns 500 euros less than she does

• vous avez cinq ans de moins qu'elle you're five years younger than her► de moins en moins less and less

• c'est de moins en moins utile it's less and less useful

• il entend de moins en moins bien his hearing is getting worse and worse

• il a de moins en moins de clients he has fewer and fewer customers

• j'ai de moins en moins de temps libre I have less and less free time► en moins

• il y a trois verres en moins there are three glasses missing

• ça me fera du travail en moins ! that'll be less work for me!

• en moins de rien in next to no time

• en moins de deux (inf) in next to no time► pas moins

• pas moins de 40 km les sépare de la ville la plus proche they're at least 40km from the nearest town

• gravement malade, il n'en continue pas moins d'écrire despite being seriously ill, he still continues to write

• il n'en reste pas moins que... the fact remains that...

• il n'en est pas moins vrai que... it is no less true that...

   b. (superlatif) least

• le moins the least

► le moins, la moins, les moins (de plusieurs) the least ; (de deux) the less

• c'est le moins doué de mes élèves he's the least gifted of my pupils

• c'est le moins doué des deux he's the less gifted of the two

• les fleurs les moins chères the least expensive flowers► le moins + verbe the least

• c'est celle que j'aime le moins it's the one I like the least

• l'émission que je regarde le moins the programme I watch least often

• c'est bien le moins qu'on puisse faire it's the least one can do

• c'est le moins qu'on puisse dire ! that's putting it mildly!► le moins possible as little as possible

• je lui parle le moins possible I talk to him as little as possible

• j'y resterai le moins de temps possible I won't stay there any longer than I have to

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   a. (soustraction, nombre négatif) minus

• 6 moins 2 font 4 6 minus 2 equals 4

• il fait moins 5 it's minus 5°

   b. (heure) to

• il est 4 heures moins 5 it's 5 to 4

• il est moins 10 (inf) it's 10 to (inf)

3. <

► au moins at least

• elle a payé cette robe au moins 3 000 € she paid at least 3,000 euros for that dress

• 600 au moins at least 600► du moins (restriction) at least

• il ne pleuvra pas, du moins c'est ce qu'annonce la radio it's not going to rain, at least that's what it says on the radio

• j'arriverai vers 4 heures, du moins si l'avion n'a pas de retard I'll be there around 4 o'clock - if the plane's on time, that is► pour le moins to say the least

• sa décision est pour le moins bizarre his decision is odd to say the least

4. <

► moins que rien (inf) masculine noun

( = minable) complete loser (inf)

• on les traite comme des moins que rien they're treated like scum ► moins-value feminine noun depreciation

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1. mwɛ̃
préposition

1) ( dans une soustraction) minus

2) ( pour dire l'heure) to

il est huit heures moins dix — it's ten (minutes) to eight

il est moins vingt — (colloq) it's twenty to (colloq)

il était moins une (colloq) or moins cinq — (colloq) it was a close shave (colloq)

3) ( dans une température) minus

2.

adverbe

1) ( modifiant un verbe) ( comparatif) less; ( superlatif)

le moins — the least

ils sortent moins — they go out less often

c'est moins une question d'argent qu'une question de principe — it's not so much a question of money as a question of principle

de moins en moins — less and less

moins je sors, moins j'ai envie de sortir — the less I go out, the less I feel like going out

qui travaille le moins de tous? — who works the least of all?

le film qui m'a le moins plu — the film I liked the least

ce que j'aime le moins chez lui — what I like least about him

2) ( modifiant un adjectif) ( comparatif) less; ( superlatif)

le moins, la moins, les moins — ( de deux) the less; ( de plus de deux) the least

il est moins grand que son père — he's not as tall as his father

il est moins menteur que sa sœur — he's less of a liar than his sister

les jeunes et les moins jeunes — the young and the not so young

dans le livre il y a du bon et du moins bon — in the book, there are bits that are good and bits that are not so good

il n'en est pas moins vrai que — it's nonetheless true that

le même en moins gros — the same, only thinner

un individu des moins recommandables — a most unsavoury individual

3) ( modifiant un adverbe) ( comparatif) less; ( superlatif)

le moins — least

tu devrais rester moins longtemps dans le sauna — you shouldn't stay so long in the sauna

elle chante moins bien qu'avant — she doesn't sing as well as she used to

le moins souvent — (the) least often

3.

moins de déterminant indéfini

1) ( avec un nom)

moins de livres — fewer books

moins de graisses — less fat

moins de sucre/bruit — less sugar/noise

il a parlé avec moins de hargne — he spoke less aggressively

il y a moins de monde aujourd'hui qu'hier — there are fewer people today than there were yesterday

c'est lui qui a le moins d'expérience des trois — of the three he's the one with the least experience

2) ( avec un numéral)

en moins de trois heures — in less than three hours

il est moins de 3 heures — it's not quite 3 o'clock

les moins de 20 ans — people under 20, the under-twenties

4.

à moins locution adverbiale

on serait furieux à moins — it's more than enough to make one angry

5.

à moins de locution prépositive

à moins de partir maintenant — unless we/you etc leave now

à moins d'un miracle — unless there's a miracle

6.

à moins que locution conjonctive

à moins qu'il ne veuille venir — unless he wants to come

7.

à tout le moins locution adverbiale to say the least

8.

au moins locution adverbiale at least

tout au moins — at least

tu l'as remercié, au moins? — you did thank him, didn't you?

9.

de moins locution adverbiale

ça m'a pris deux heures de moins — it took me two hours less

le kilo de pêches valait dix centimes de moins que la veille — a kilo of peaches cost 10 cents less than it had the day before

j'ai un an de moins que lui — I'm a year younger than he is

il a obtenu 25% de voix de moins que son adversaire — he got 25% fewer votes than his opponent

10.

du moins locution adverbiale at least

c'est du moins ce qu'il m'a raconté — at least that's what he told me

si du moins tu es d'accord — that is if you agree

11.

en moins locution adverbiale

il y avait deux fourchettes en moins dans la boîte — there were two forks missing from the box

il est revenu du front avec une jambe en moins/avec un doigt en moins — he came back from the front with only one leg/with a finger missing

c'est tout le portrait de son père, la moustache en moins — he's the spitting image of his father without the moustache GB ou mustache US

12.

pour le moins locution adverbiale to say the least

II mwɛ̃
nom masculin invariable

1) Mathématique minus

le signe moins — the minus sign

2) (colloq) ( inconvénient) minus

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Phrasal Verbs:

- moins que rien

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moins I

Généralités

La traduction en anglais de moins est less. Cependant, elle n'est utilisée que dans un nombre de cas assez restreint: en moins de trois jours = in less than three days

Très souvent, même quand une traduction avec less est possible, l'anglais a recours à d'autres moyens. Certains sont réguliers: ma chambre est moins grande que la tienne = my bedroom isn't as big as yours; j'ai moins d'expérience que toi = I don't have as much experience as you (do), = I have less experience than you (do); c'est moins compliqué que vous ne le croyez = it's not as complicated as you think, = it's less complicated than you think

D'autres ne le sont pas: j'essaie de moins fumer = I'm trying to cut down on my smoking, = I'm trying to smoke less

moins de

Lorsque moins de, déterminant indéfini, est suivi d'un nom dénombrable, la règle voudrait que l'on traduise par fewer mais dans la langue parlée on utilise également less

Les expressions le moins possible, le moins du monde sont traitées respectivement sous possible et monde

On trouvera ci-dessous exemples et exceptions illustrant les différentes fonctions de moins

On pourra également se reporter aux notes d'usage portant notamment sur la quantité, l'expression de l'âge, etc. Consulter l'index

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mwɛ̃
1. adv

1) (comparatif) less

moins que — less than

moins grand que — not as tall as

de moins — less

100 euros de moins — 100 euros less

3 jours de moins — 3 days less

Il a trois ans de moins que moi. — He's three years younger than me.

Nous avons trois jours de vacances de moins que l'an dernier. — We have three days holiday less than last year.

Il est moins intelligent que moi. — He's not as clever as me.

Moins je travaille, mieux je me porte. — The less I work, the better I feel.

2) (superlatif)

le moins — least, the least

le moins doué; la moins douée — the least gifted

C'est ce que j'aime le moins. — It's what I like least., It's what I like the least.

C'est l'album que j'aime le moins. — This is the album I like the least., This is the album I least like.

C'est le modèle le moins cher. — It's the least expensive model.

Ce sont les plages qui sont les moins polluées. — These are the least polluted beaches.

3)

moins de (livres, gens) — fewer, (sable, eau, sel) less

moins de sable — less sand

moins d'eau — less water

moins de 2 ans — less than 2 years

Ça coûte moins de deux cents euros. — It costs less than 200 euros.

moins de livres — fewer books

moins de gens — fewer people

Il y a moins de gens aujourd'hui. — There are fewer people today.

Il est moins de midi. — It's not yet midday.

4) (autres locutions)

en moins; de l'argent en moins — less money

Cette année nous avons trois jours de vacances en moins. — We have three days less holiday this year.

le soleil en moins — without the sun, minus the sun

L'endroit ressemble assez à la Côte d'Azur, le soleil en moins. — The place is quite like the Riviera, without the sun.

au moins — at least

Ne te plains pas: au moins il ne pleut pas! — Don't complain: at least it's not raining!

pour le moins — at the very least

à moins de; à moins que — unless

à moins de faire; à moins que tu ne fasses — unless you do

Je te retrouverai à dix heures à moins que le train n'ait du retard. — I'll meet you at 10 o'clock unless the train is late.

à moins d'un accident — barring accidents

de moins en moins — less and less

Il vient nous voir de moins en moins. — He comes to see us less and less often.

en moins de deux — in a flash

2. prép

1) (soustraction) minus

4 moins 2 — 4 minus 2

2) (température) minus

Il fait moins 5. — It's minus 5., It's 5 below., It's 5 degrees below freezing.

Il a fait moins cinq la nuit dernière. — It was minus five last night.

3) (heure)

dix heures moins cinq — five to ten

Il est cinq heures moins dix. — It's ten to five.

Il est moins cinq. — It's five to.

3. nm

(= signe) minus sign

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I.

moins ⇒ Note d'usage

A prép

1 ( dans une soustraction) minus; 8 moins 3 égale 5 8 minus 3 is ou equals 5; il a retrouvé sa voiture, moins les roues he got his car back without ou minus hum the wheels;

2 ( pour dire l'heure) to; il est huit heures moins dix it's ten (minutes) to eight; il est moins vingt○ it's twenty to○, it's twenty minutes to the hour; il était moins une○ or moins cinq○ it was a close shave○;

3 ( dans une température) minus; il faisait moins 15 degrés it was minus 15 (degrees).

B adv

1 ( modifiant un verbe) ( comparatif) less; ( superlatif) le moins the least; je lis moins ces derniers temps I read less these days; ils sortent moins maintenant qu'ils ont un enfant they don't go out as much ou they go out less often now that they have a child; il importe moins de changer le règlement que de le faire appliquer changing the rule is less important than implementing it; je gagne moins qu'elle I earn less than she does, I don't earn as much as she does; c'est moins un artiste qu'un bon artisan he' s not so much an artist as a good craftsman; c'est moins une question d'argent qu'une question de principe it's not so much a question of money as a question of principle; de moins en moins less and less; moins je sors, moins j'ai envie de sortir the less I go out, the less I feel like going out; moins je le vois, mieux je me porte the less I see him, the better I feel; c'est lui qui travaille le moins de tous he's the one who works the least of all; le film qui m'a le moins plu the film I liked the least; ce que j'aime le moins chez lui what I like least about him;

2 ( modifiant un adjectif) ( comparatif) less; ( superlatif) le moins, la moins, les moins ( de deux) the less; ( de plus de deux) the least; il est moins grand/doué que son père he's not as tall/gifted as his father; c'est moins facile qu'il n'y paraît it's not as easy as it seems; il est moins menteur que sa sœur he's less of a liar than his sister; c'est moins problématique que je ne croyais it's less problematic ou less of a problem than I thought, it's not as problematic as I thought; les jeunes et les moins jeunes the young and the not so young; dans le livre il y a du bon et du moins bon in the book, there are bits that are good and bits that are not so good; il n'en est pas moins vrai que it's nonetheless true that; il ressemble à son frère en moins gros he looks like his brother, only thinner; ce sont les employés les moins compétents de l'entreprise they're the least competent employees in the company; un individu des moins recommandables a most unsavoury individual;

3 ( modifiant un adverbe) ( comparatif) less; ( superlatif) le moins least; tu devrais rester moins longtemps dans le sauna you shouldn't stay so long in the sauna; elle chante moins bien qu'avant she doesn't sing as well as she used to; il fait moins beau que l'an dernier the weather isn't as good as it was last year; c'est le moins bien payé des deux he's the less well-paid of the two; le moins souvent (the) least often.

C moins de dét indéf

1 ( avec un nom dénombrable) moins de livres/d'assiettes/d'arguments fewer books/plates/arguments; j'ai moins de livres que toi I don't have as many books as you ou I have fewer books than you; mangez moins de graisses eat less fat; il y a moins de candidats there are fewer candidates; ils ont moins de chances d'être élus they are less likely to be elected; les éditeurs publient moins de livres publishers are publishing fewer books; pas moins de no fewer than;

2 ( avec un nom non dénombrable) moins de sucre/vin/papier less sugar/wine/paper; moins de bruit/lumière less noise/light; il a parlé avec moins de hargne he spoke less aggressively; il y a moins de monde aujourd'hui qu'hier there are fewer people today than there were yesterday; pas moins de no less than; c'est lui qui a le moins d'expérience des trois of the three he's the one with the least experience;

3 ( avec un numéral) en moins de trois heures in less than three hours; dans moins de trois heures in less than three hours; le voyage a duré un peu moins de trois heures the journey took a bit less than ou just under three hours; il est moins de 3 heures it's not quite 3 o'clock; les enfants de moins de 6 ans children under 6; les moins de 20 ans people under 20, the under-twenties; une planche de moins de deux m ètres de long a plank less than two metres^GB long; moins de huit candidats fewer than eight candidates; tu ne trouveras rien à moins de 500 euros you won't find anything for less than 500 euros ou for under 500 euros; ça m'a coûté moins de 200 euros it cost me less than 200 euros ou under 200 euros.

D à moins loc adv on serait furieux à moins it's more than enough to make one angry.

E à moins de loc prép à moins de partir maintenant, il n'arrivera pas à l'heure unless he leaves now he won't get there on time; à moins d'un miracle il va échouer unless there's a miracle, he's going to fail.

F à moins que loc conj à moins qu'il ne veuille venir unless he wants to come.

G à tout le moins loc adv to say the least.

H au moins loc adv at least; tout au moins at least; il y avait au moins 3 000 personnes there were at least 3,000 people; au moins, lui, il a réussi dans la vie he, at least, succeeded in life; tu l'as remercié, au moins? you did thank him, didn't you?

I de moins loc adv ça m'a pris deux heures de moins it took me two hours less; le kilo de pêches valait deux euros de moins que la veille a kilo of peaches cost two euros less than it had the day before; j'ai un an de moins que lui I'm a year younger than he is; il a obtenu 25% de voix de moins que son adversaire he got 25% fewer votes than his opponent.

J du moins loc adv at least; c'est du moins ce qu'il m'a raconté at least that's what he told me; si du moins tu es d'accord that is if you agree.

K en moins loc adv il y avait deux fourchettes en moins dans la boîte there were two forks missing from the box; il est revenu du front avec une jambe en moins/avec un doigt en moins he came back from the front with only one leg/with a finger missing; c'est tout le portrait de son père, la moustache en moins he's/she's the spitting image of his/her father without the moustache GB ou mustache US.

L pour le moins loc adv to say the least; ton attitude est pour le moins étrange your attitude is strange to say the least (of it).

II.

moins nm inv

1 Math minus; le signe moins the minus sign;

2 ○( inconvénient) minus.

Composé

moins que rien nmf good-for-nothing, nobody.

[mwɛ̃] adverbe

A.[COMPARATIF D'INFÉRIORITÉ]

1. [avec un adjectif, un adverbe] less

cinq fois moins cher five times less expensive

deux fois moins cher half as expensive, twice as cheap

en moins rapide but not so ou as fast

c'est moins bien que l'an dernier it's not as good a last year

c'est le même appartement, en moins bien/grand it's the same flat only not as nice/not as big

beaucoup/un peu moins a lot/a little less

il est moins timide que réservé he's not so much shy as reserved

il n'en est pas moins vrai que... it is nonetheless true that...

non moins charmante que... just as charming as..., no less charming than...

2. [avec un verbe] less, not... so ou as much

je souffre moins I'm not in so much ou I'm in less pain

tu devrais demander moins you shouldn't ask for so much

moins tu parles, mieux ça vaut the less you speak, the better

j'y pense moins que tu ne le crois I think about it less than you think

B.[SUPERLATIF D'INFÉRIORITÉ]

1. [avec un adjectif, un adverbe]

c'est lui le moins riche des trois he's the least wealthy of the three

c'est elle la moins intelligente des deux she's the less intelligent of the two

c'est le sommet le moins élevé it's the lowest peak

c'est le modèle le moins cher qu'on puisse trouver it's the least expensive (that) you can find

le moins possible as little as possible

c'est lui qui habite le moins loin he lives the least far away ou the nearest

je ne suis pas le moins du monde surpris I'm not at all ou not in the least bit surprised

je vous dérange? — mais non, pas le moins du monde am I disturbing you? — of course not ou not in the slightest

2. [avec un verbe]

le moins (the) least

le moins qu'on puisse faire, c'est de les inviter the least we could do is invite them

c'est le moins qu'on puisse dire! that's the least you can say!

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[mwɛ̃] préposition

1. [en soustrayant]

dix moins huit font deux ten minus ou less eight makes two

on est seize: moins les enfants, ça fait douze there are sixteen of us, twelve not counting the children

2. [indiquant l'heure]

il est moins vingt it's twenty to

il est 3 h moins le quart it's (a) quarter to 3

il était moins une ou cinq (familier) that was a close call ou shave

3. [introduisant un nombre négatif]

moins 50 plus moins 6 égalent moins 56 minus 50 plus minus 6 is ou makes minus 56

il fait moins 25 it's 25 below ou minus 25

plonger à moins 300 m to dive to a depth of 300 m

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[mwɛ̃] nom masculin

minus (sign)

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à moins locution adverbiale

j'étais terrifié — on le serait à moins! I was terrified — and lesser things have frightened me!

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à moins de locution prépositionnelle

1. [excepté]

à moins d'un miracle short of ou barring a miracle

nous n'arriverons pas à temps, à moins de partir demain we won't get there on time unless we leave tomorrow

2. [pour moins de] for less than

3. [dans le temps, l'espace]

il habite à moins de 10 minutes/500 mètres d'ici he lives less than 10 minutes/500 metres from here

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à moins que locution conjonctive

unless

à moins que vous ne vouliez le faire vous-même... unless you wanted to do it yourself...

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au moins locution adverbiale

1. [en tout cas] at least

2. [au minimum] at least

ça fait au moins un mois qu'on ne l'a pas vu we haven't seen him for at least a month

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de moins locution adverbiale

il y a 100 euros de moins dans le tiroir there are 100 euros missing from the drawer

je me sens 10 ans de moins I feel 10 years younger

(en corrélation avec 'que')

j'ai un an de moins qu'elle I'm a year younger than her

j'ai une tête de moins qu'elle I'm shorter than her by a head

de moins en moins locution adverbiale

less and less

de moins en moins souvent less and less often

de moins en moins de locution déterminante

[suivi d'un nom comptable] fewer and fewer

[suivi d'un nom non comptable] less and less

il y a de moins en moins de demande pour ce produit there is less and less demand for this product

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des moins locution adverbiale

un accueil des moins chaleureux a less than warm welcome

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du moins locution adverbiale

at least

ils devaient venir samedi, c'est du moins ce qu'ils nous avaient dit they were supposed to come on saturday, at least that's what they told us

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en moins locution adverbiale

il y a une chaise en moins there's one chair missing, we're one chair short

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en moins de locution prépositionnelle

in less than

en moins de temps qu'il n'en faut pour le dire before you can say Jack Robinson

en moins de rien in no time at all

en moins de deux (familier) in a jiffy, in two ticks

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moins de locution déterminante

1. (comparatif) [avec un nom comptable] fewer

[avec un nom non comptable] less

un peu moins de bruit! a little less noise!

il a moins de 18 ans he's under 18

les moins de 18 ans the under 18's

il ne me faudra pas moins de 3 heures pour tout faire I'll need no less than ou at the very least 3 hours to do everything

2. (superlatif)

le moins de

a. [avec un nom comptable] the fewest

b. [avec un nom non comptable] the least

c'est ce qui consomme le moins d'énergie it uses the least amount of energy

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moins... moins locution correlative

the less... the less

moins il travaillera, moins il aura de chances de réussir à son examen the less he works, the less chance he'll have of passing his exam

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moins... plus locution correlative

the less... the more

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moins que rien locution adverbiale

next to nothing

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moins que rien nom masculin et féminin

nobody

c'est un/une moins que rien he's/she's a nobody

des moins que rien a useless bunch (of individuals)

on ne peut moins locution adverbiale

elle est on ne peut moins honnête she's as honest as they come

c'est on ne peut moins compliqué! it couldn't be less complicated!

pour le moins locution adverbiale

at the very least, to say the least

il y a pour le moins une heure d'attente there's an hour's wait at the very least

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > moins

20 ألبتة

ألبَتّة \ little: (coming just before the verb) not at all: I little knew (or Little did I know) that next day he would be dead. never: not at any time: I’ve never met him. Never before have I heard such a terrible noise!. none: (esp. with a comparative word) not at all: He was none the worse for his fall (His fall did not harm him at all). not a bit: not in any way: I’m not a bit surprised.. not in the least: not at all: It doesn’t matter in the least. whatsoever: a strong form of whatever; at all: Tell him nothing whatsoever!.

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