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1 poco
poco 1 adverbio:◊ habla poco he doesn't say much o a lot;es muy poco agradecido he is very ungrateful; un autor muy poco conocido a very little-known author; viene muy poco por aquí he hardly ever comes around; para locs ver poco 2 4
poco 2 -ca adjetivo ( con sustantivos no numerables) little; ( en plural) few; muy pocos niños very few children; había poquísimos coches there were hardly any cars ■ pronombre 1 (poca cantidad, poca cosa): por poco que gane … no matter how little o however little she earns …; se conforma con poco he's easily satisfied; todo le parece poco she is never satisfied; pocos quisieron ayudar few were willing to help; pocos pueden permitirse ese lujo not many people can afford to do that 2 hace muy poco que lo conoce she hasn't known him for very long; tardó poco en hacerlo it didn't take him long to do it; falta poco para las navidades it's not long till Christmas; a poco de venir él soon o shortly after he came; dentro de poco soon; poco antes de que … a short while o shortly before … 3◊ un poco( refiriéndose a tiempo) a while;◊ dame un poco I'll have some o a little;espera un poco wait a whileb)c) un poco + adj/adv:◊ un poco caro/tarde a bit o a little expensive/late4 ( en locs)◊ a poco (Méx): ¡a poco no está fabuloso Acapulco! isn't Acapulco just fantastic!;¡a poco ganaron! don't tell me they won!; de a poco (AmL) gradually, little by little; poco a poco gradually; poco más o menos approximately, roughly; por poco nearly
poco,-a
I adjetivo
1 (con el sustantivo en singular) not much, little: tengo poco apetito, I haven't got much appetite
2 (con el sustantivo en plural) not many, few: conozco pocos lugares de Italia, I don't know many places in Italy
II pron (singular) little, not much (plural) (objetos) few, not many (personas) few people, not many people ➣ Ver nota en few
III adverbio
1 (con verbo) not (very) much, little: entiendo poco del tema, I don't understand much about the issue
2 (con adjetivo) not very: está poco claro, it's not very clear
3 (de tiempo) hace poco que nos conocemos, we met a short time ago
IV sustantivo masculino
1 (acompañado de adjetivo o adverbio) lo noté un poco molesto, I thought he was a bit annoyed
tendré que hacerlo un poco después, I'll have to do it a little later
2 (acompañando a un sustantivo) dame un poco de agua, give me a little water ➣ Ver nota en little
Locuciones: a poco de, shortly after
dentro de poco, soon
poco a poco, little by little, gradually
poco antes/después, shortly before/afterwards
por poco, almost ' poco' also found in these entries: Spanish: abreviar - aclimatarse - adelgazar - aguantar - ahora - alcornoque - alentador - alentadora - algo - antes - apercibirse - bagatela - baja - bajo - brusca - brusco - bruta - bruto - buscar - calentar - cargada - cargado - cascada - cascado - cerebral - chapucera - chapucero - chispa - clara - claro - común - cruda - crudo - cualquiera - de - dentro - descuidada - descuidado - descuidarse - desigual - desmoronada - desmoronado - despatarrarse - despistada - despistado - despreciable - después - desvaído - disipar - dudosa English: accomplice - add to - adjust - aerial - after - afterwards - along - aloof - amateurish - balding - bark - belly - bit - black - blind - blow up - boot - by - can - careless - chat - comedown - confusing - cowboy - degree - derivative - desultory - disagreement - disingenuous - diving - do - dodgy - doubtful - dowdy - earthy - easy-going - edge - effect - element - evasion - exist - expect - fall apart - far-fetched - fine - flippant - forge - furnish - fuzzy - gradually -
2 rato
rato sustantivo masculino espera un ratito wait a minute (colloq); en mis ratos libres in my spare time; pasé un mal rato it was terrible; iré dentro de un rato I'll go shortlyb) ( en locs)◊ a cada rato (AmL): me interrumpe a cada rato he keeps interrupting me;al (poco) rato shortly afterwards; al poco rato de irte tú shortly o just after you left; a ratos from time to time; para rato (fam): tengo para rato I'll be a while, I'll be some time; todavía hay para rato there's still a long way to go; pasar el rato to while away the time
rato sustantivo masculino
1 (porción de tiempo) while, time: al poco rato llegó Juan, shortly after Juan came
me hizo pasar un mal rato, she gave me an awful time
ratos libres, spare time sing Locuciones: no tengas prisa, hay para rato, take it easy, it'll take a while
pasar el rato, to while away the time
a cada rato, every other minute
a ratos, at times, now and again
un buen rato, a long time familiar un rato (largo), very o a lot: sabe un rato (largo) de ajedrez, she knows a good deal about chess ' rato' also found in these entries: Spanish: aprovechar - cacho - correa - decir - entretenerse - expansión - hueca - hueco - llevar - menudencia - reposar - romper - tela - trago - amable - conversar - libre - para English: after - awhile - fill in - mess about - mess around - spell - stop off - time - wait - while - while away - bit - by - come - linger - pass - snatch - talk
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