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adj.not much, a small amount of, a small quantity of, little.adv.little, not very, not much.m.little.* * *► adjetivo1 little (plural) few, not many1 little (en plural) not many■ pocos conocen la importancia del descubrimiento not many people realize the importance of the discovery► adverbio1 little, not much■ voy poco por allí I rarely go there, I go there very little1 a little, a bit■ ¿me das un poco? could you give me a little?\a poco de shortly afterdentro de poco soon, presentlyhace poco not long agopocas veces rarely, not often, seldompoco a poco slowly, gradually, bit by bitpoco antes shortly beforepoco después shortly afterwardspoco después de shortly afterpoco más o menos more or lesspoco menos que almost, nearlypor poco nearlypor si fuera poco as if that weren't enough, to top it all, on top of everything————————1 little (en plural) not many■ pocos conocen la importancia del descubrimiento not many people realize the importance of the discovery► adverbio1 little, not much■ voy poco por allí I rarely go there, I go there very little* * *1. adv.little, few- por poco 2. (f. - poca)pron.little, few3. (f. - poca)adj.little, few, not much* * *1. ADJ1) [en singular] little, not muchtenemos poco tiempo — we have little time, we don't have much time
hay muy poco queso — there's very little cheese, there's hardly any cheese
con poco respeto — with little respect, with scant respect
el provecho es poco — the gain is small, there isn't much to gain
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poca cosa, no te preocupes por tan poca cosa — don't worry about such a little thingcomemos, jugamos a cartas, leemos y poca cosa más — we eat, play cards, read and do little else o and that's about it
es poca cosa — (=no mucho) it's not much; (=no importante) it's nothing much
es muy guapa pero poca cosa — she's very pretty, but there isn't much to her
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y por si fuera poco — and as if that weren't enough, and to cap it all2) [en plural] few, not manypocos niños saben que... — few o not many children know that...
tiene pocos amigos — he has few friends, he hasn't got many friends
2. PRON1) [en singular]a) (=poca cosa)la reforma servirá para poco — the reform won't do much good o won't be much use
b)• un poco — a bit, a little
-¿tienes frío? -un poco — "are you cold?" - "a bit o a little"
he bebido un poco, pero no estoy borracho — I've had a bit to drink, but I'm not drunk
le conocía un poco — I knew him a bit o slightly
espera un poco — wait a minute o moment
estoy un poco triste — I am rather o a little sad
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un poco como, es un poco como su padre — he's rather o a bit like his father•
un poco de, un poco de dinero — a little money¡un poco de silencio! — let's have some quiet here!
c) [referido a tiempo] not longtardaron poco en hacerlo — it didn't take them long to do it, they didn't take long to do it
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a poco de — shortly after•
cada poco — every so often•
dentro de poco — shortly, soon•
hace poco — not long agofuimos a verla hace poco — we visited her not long ago, we visited her quite recently
la conozco desde hace poco — I haven't known her long, I've only known her for a short while
2) [en plural] fewpocos son los que... — there are few who...
como hay pocos —
3. ADV1) [con verbos] not much, littlecuesta poco — it doesn't cost much, it costs very little
vamos poco a Madrid — we don't go to Madrid much, we hardly ever go to Madrid
lo estiman poco — they hardly value it at all, they value it very little
2) [con adjetivos: se traduce a menudo por medio de un prefijo]poco inteligente — unintelligent, not very intelligent
3) [otras locuciones]*¡poco a poco! — steady on!, easy does it!
¿a poco? — never!, you don't say!
¡a poco no! — not much! *
¿a poco no? — (well) isn't it?
¿a poco crees que...? — do you really imagine that...?
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de a poco — LAm gradually•
tener en poco, tiene en poco a su jefe — she doesn't think much of her boss•
por poco — almost, nearlypor poco me ahogo — I almost o nearly drowned
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a poco que, a poco que pueda — if at all possiblea poco que corras, lo alcanzas — if you run now you'll catch it
* * *Ihabla poco — he doesn't say much o a lot
II... con lo poco que le gusta el arroz —... and he doesn't even like rice; para locs ver poco III 4)
qué poco sentido común tienes! — you don't have much common sense, do you?
IIIfue asombroso, todo lo que te pueda decir es poco — it was amazing, I can't (even) begin to tell you
- ca pronombre1) (poca cantidad, poca cosa)por poco que gane... — no matter how little o however little she earns...
lo poco que gana se lo gasta en vino — he spends the little o what little he earns on wine
compra más lentejas, nos quedan muy pocas — buy some more lentils, we've hardly any left
2) poco ( refiriéndose a tiempo)lo vi hace poco — I saw him recently o not long ago
a poco de venir él — soon o shortly after he came
poco antes de que... — a short while o shortly before...
3) un pocoa) ( refiriéndose a cantidades) a little; ( refiriéndose a tiempo) a whileb)un poco de: un poco de pimienta/vino a little (bit of) pepper/wine; come un poco de jamón — have a bit of ham
c)un poco + adj/adv: un poco caro/tarde — a bit o a little expensive/late
4) (en locs)a poco — (Méx)
¿a poco no lees los periódicos? — don't you read the newspapers?
de a poco — (AmL) gradually
agrégale la leche de a poquito — add the milk gradually o a little at a time
en poco: en poco estuvo que no viniéramos we almost didn't come; tienen en poco la vida ajena they set little value on other people's lives; me tienes bien en poco si crees que... you can't think very highly o much of me if you think...; poco a poco gradually; poco más o menos approximately, roughly; poco menos que nearly; poco menos que la mata (fam) he almost killed her; poco menos que los echan a patadas (fam) they practically kicked them out; por poco — nearly
* * *= little [less -comp., least -sup.], low [lower -comp., lowest -sup.], scant, trifle, tad, little in the way of.Ex. Explanatory references give a little more explanation as to why the link between two names is being made in the catalogue or index.Ex. Carlton Duncan discussed the difficulties built into the educational processes which led to under-performance at school and the resulting low representation in higher education and low entry into the professions.Ex. Scant attention is paid to evaluation and the needs of users.Ex. She had been a trifle nervous until it was formally announced that the position was hers.Ex. Williams is one of those rare poets who satisfies the yearning that many of us have for the memorable phrase we wish we had said were our perceptions a tad keener.Ex. Without any significant restructuring, the LIS programme in Iran will provide little in the way of riding out the rapid transition that the field is currently experiencing.----* abultar poco = be skimpy.* acercarse poco a poco (a) = edge (toward(s)).* actuar con poca consideración hacia = play + fast and loose with.* agua poco profunda = shallow water.* aguas poco profundas = shallows.* alimentos poco saludables = unhealthy foods.* a poca distancia = not far behind.* a poca distancia andando = within walking distance, within an easy walk.* a poca distancia a pie = within an easy walk, within walking distance.* a pocos minutos andando = within walking distance, within easy walking distance, within an easy walk.* a pocos minutos a pie = within walking distance, within easy walking distance, within an easy walk.* avanzar poco a poco (hacia) = edge (toward(s)).* cada pocos años = every few years.* comida poco saludable = unhealthy foods.* comportamiento poco cívico = uncivic behaviour.* con muchos huesos y poca carne = bony [bonier -comp., boniest -sup.].* con muy poca antelación = at (a) very short notice.* con muy poca anticipación = at (a) very short notice.* con muy poca frecuencia = all too seldom.* con muy pocas excepciones = with few exceptions.* con muy pocos medios = on a shoestring (budget).* con poca claridad = indistinctly.* con poca exactitud = loosely.* con poca experiencia = inexperienced.* con poca iluminación = dimly illuminated.* con poca imaginación = unimaginatively.* con poca naturalidad = stiltedly.* con poca población = thinly populated.* con pocas habilidades = poor-ability.* con poca visión de futuro = short-sighted [shortsighted].* con poco dinero = on the cheap.* con poco entusiasmo = half-heartedly.* con pocos recursos = under-resourced.* con pocos recursos económicos = low-budget.* consumir poco a poco = eat away at.* con tan poca antelación = at such short notice.* con tan poca anticipación = at such short notice.* correr poco a poco = eat away at.* cuestiones poco claras = grey area [gray area].* de forma poco ética = unethically.* de forma poco imaginativa = unimaginatively.* de forma poco profesional = unprofessionally.Ex. When the security services carry out acts of terror, they employ patsies who often are petty criminals or people who are mentally backward or mentally unstable.----* de manera poco ética = unethically.* de manera poco profesional = unprofessionally.* demasiado poco común = all too rare.* de modo poco imaginativo = unimaginatively.* dentro de poco = before long.* de población poco densa = sparsely populated.* de poca importancia = menial, small-time.* de poca monta = hack, small-time.* de pocas luces = dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], dim-witted [dimwitted].* de poco impacto = low impact [low-impact].* de poco peso = pat, feeble.* de poco provecho = fruitless.* de poco uso = low-use.* de poco valor = a dime a dozen.* desaparecer poco a poco = fade into + the sunset.* de todo un poco = about this and that and everything else, about this and that.* de un modo poco constructivo = unconstructively.* de un modo poco económico = wastefully.* de un modo poco natural = unnaturally.* donde cabe mucho también cabe poco = what holds a lot will hold a little.* durar poco = be short term.* echar poco a poco = dribble.* el que mucho abarca poco aprieta = jack of all trades, master of none.* en el caso poco probable de que = in the unlikely case (that).* en muy poco tiempo = before long.* en pocas palabras = simply put, in brief, to say the least, to put it (quite) simply, in short, to cut a long story short, bottom line, the, put simply, to make a long story short, the short story + be, simply stated.* en poco tiempo = before very long, in quite a short time, in a short time, in a short span of time.* en unos pocos años = within a few years.* estar poco dispuesto = be reluctant.* estar poco representado = underrepresent [under-represent].* estar un poco anticuado = be some years old.* excusa poco convincente = lame excuse.* faltar poco (para) = have + a short way to go (before).* faltar un poco = be some way off.* gente de poca importancia = small fry, the.* haber poca duda de que = there + be + little doubt that.* hace muy poco tiempo = a short time ago.* hace poco tiempo = a short time ago.* hacer poca distinción entre... y... = make + little distinction between... and....* hacer poco = do + little.* hacer que sea poco probable = render + unlikely.* hace unos pocos años = a few years ago.* hace unos pocos días = a few days ago.* hasta hace muy poco = until recently, up until recently.* hasta hace relativamente poco tiempo = until relatively recently.* horas de poca actividad = slack hours.* horas de poco movimiento = slack hours.* introducirse poco a poco = ease + Reflexivo + in.* ir poco más allá de + Infinitivo = go little further than + Gerundio.* llegar poco a poco = dribble in.* lo poco común = rarity, rareness.* mucho ruido para pocas nueces = much ado about nothing.* mucho ruido y pocas nueces = storm in a teacup, Posesivo + bark is worse than + Posesivo + bite.* muchos jefes y pocos trabajadores = too many chiefs and not enough Indians.* muy poco = minimally.* ofrecer poco = low-ball.* operación de poca monta = one-room, one-person operation.* pagando un poco más = at additional cost.* parece tener poco sentido que = there + seem + little point in.* pasar poco a poco = slide into.* período de poca actividad = slack time.* perro ladrador, poco mordedor = barking dogs seldom bite, Posesivo + bark is worse than + Posesivo + bite.* poca cantidad = trickle.* poca cosa = small fry, the.* poca iluminación = poor lighting.* poca importancia = unimportance, low profile.* poca notoriedad = low profile.* poca probabilidad = slim chance.* poca severidad = lenience, leniency.* pocas expectativas = low expectation.* poca utilidad = unhelpfulness.* poco abundante = light [lighter -comp., lightest -sup.].* poco accesible = unapproachable.* poco acertado = clumsy [clumsier -comp., clumsiest -sup.], injudicious.* poco acogedor = inhospitable.* poco aconsejable = unwise, inadvisable.* poco adecuado = unsuited, unsuitable, inapt.* poco + Adjetivo = slightly + Adjetivo, less than + Adjetivo.* poco afortunado = unhappy, ill-favoured [ill-favored, -USA].* poco agraciado = ill-favoured [ill-favored, -USA].* poco amable = off-putting, surly [surlier -comp., surliest -sup.], crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], unkind.* poco americano = un-American.* poco amistoso = off-putting, unfriendly.* poco antes de + Fecha = shortly before + Fecha.* poco a poco = gradually, piecemeal, slowly, incrementally, at a snail's pace, little by little, bit by bit.* poco apreciado = unappreciated.* poco apropiado = unsuited, unsuitable, inapt.* poco apto = inapt.* poco arriesgado = low-risk.* poco asequible = unapproachable.* poco atractivo = off-putting, unattractive, unglamorous, uninviting, unappealing.* poco atrevido = unadventurous.* poco audaz = unadventurous.* poco aventurero = unadventurous.* poco cabelleroso = ungentlemanlike.* poco cálido = lukewarm.* poco científico = hit-or-miss, unscientific.* poco cívico = uncivic.* poco claro = confusing, fuzzy [fuzzier - comp., fuzziest -sup.], indistinct, obscure, unclear, untidy, hazy, inconclusive, slurred, clouded, blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], undistinguished, uncleared, indistinctive, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.].* poco colaborador = unresponsive.* poco comercial = uncommercial.* poco competitivo = uncompetitive.* poco complicado = uncomplicated, uncomplicatedly.* poco comprensivo = unsympathetic.* poco común = rare, unfamiliar, unusual, uncommon, unordinary, out of the ordinary.* poco comunicativo = uncommunicative, reserved.* poco confortable = uncomfortable.* poco conocido = obscure, little known.* poco convencido = unconvinced.* poco convencional = unconventional.* poco convincente = unconvincing, inconclusive, pat, feeble.* poco convincentemente = unconvincingly.* poco correcto = ungentlemanlike.* poco cortés = impolite, ungentlemanlike.* poco culto = unenlightened.* poco decidido = half-hearted [halfhearted].* poco definido = blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.].* poco denso = rarefied.* poco deportivo = unsportsmanlike.* poco después = soon afterwards, shortly afterwards, shortly after, not long after.* poco después de = soon after (that), shortly after.* poco después de que = shortly after.* poco diestro = poor-ability.* poco diplomático = indiscreet.* poco dispuesto = disinclined.* poco dispuesto a colaborar = uncooperative.* poco ducho en las nuevas tecnologías = technologically challenged.* poco económico = uneconomical.* poco efectivo = ineffectual.* poco eficaz = non-efficient.* poco elegante = inelegant, awkward, dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.].* poco embarazoso = unembarrassing.* poco entusiasta = half-hearted [halfhearted], lukewarm.* poco envidiable = unenviable.* poco estable = unsettled.* poco estético = unaesthetic.* poco estimulador = unchallenging.* poco estimulante = unexciting, uninspiring, unmoving.* poco estricto = lax.* poco ético = unethical.* poco evidente = unnoticed, unnoted.* poco exigente = untaxing, undemanding.* poco favorable = unpromising.* poco favorecedor = unflattering.* poco fiable = unreliable, undependable, flaky [flakey].* poco firme = tenuous, rocky [rockier -comp., rockiest -sup.].* poco flexible = monolithic, inelastic.* poco frecuente = infrequent.* poco fructífero = unfruitful.* poco gratificante = unrewarding, unsatisfying.* poco grato = unwelcome.* poco hábil = poor-ability.* poco habitual = unaccustomed.* poco halagador = unflattering.* poco halagüeño = unflattering.* poco hospitalario = inhospitable.* poco idóneo = unsuited, unsuitable, inapt.* poco iluminado = dimly illuminated.* poco imaginativo = unimaginative.* poco importante = menial, small-time.* poco impresionado = unimpressed.* poco informativo = uninformative.* poco intelectual = lowbrow [low-brow].* poco inteligente = unintelligent.* poco intenso = light [lighter -comp., lightest -sup.].* poco interesante = dull, jackdaw, uninteresting, uninspiring, unremarkable.* poco juicioso = injudicious.* poco justificado = ill-justified.* poco listo = underprepared.* poco maduro = underripe.* poco más = little else.* poco materialista = unworldly.* poco memorable = forgettable.* poco mundano = unwordly.* poco natural = unnatural, stilted.* poco nítido = untidy.* poco normal = unnatural, unordinary, out of the ordinary.* poco novedoso = trite.* poco original = unoriginal.* poco ortodoxo = unorthodox.* poco poblado = thinly populated.* poco práctico = impractical, awkward.* poco preparado = underprepared.* poco probable = unlikely, far-fetched [farfetched].* poco productivo = unproductive.* poco profesional = amateurish, unprofessional.* poco profundo = shallow [shallower -comp., shallowest -sup.].* poco prometedor = bleak, unpromising.* poco propicio = unpromising, unpromising.* poco provechoso = fruitless, unrewarding.* poco prudente = ill-advised, ill-judged.* poco pulido = unpolished.* poco razonable = unreasonable.* poco realista = unrealistic, unreal, unwordly, way out in left field, airy-fairy.* poco recomendable = inadvisable.* poco refinado = unrefined, unpolished.* poco rentable = uneconomical.* poco representativo = unrepresentative.* poco romántico = unromantic.* poco sabido = little known.* poco saludable = unwholesome, insalubrious.* poco sano = unwholesome, insalubrious.* poco seguro = dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.].* poco sensato = ill-advised, injudicious, ill-judged.* poco sentimental = unsentimental.* poco serio = flippant.* poco sincero = insincere.* poco sistemático = sloppy [sloppier -comp., sloppiest -sup.].* poco social = unsocial.* poco sofisticado = elementary, unsophisticated, corn-fed.* poco sólido = insubstantial.* poco tiempo = short while, short time.* poco tiempo después = shortly afterwards.* poco tradicional = untraditional.* poco unido = loosely knit.* poco uniforme = patchy [patchier -comp., patchiest -sup.].* poco usado = little-used.* poco usual = unusual.* poco útil = clumsy [clumsier -comp., clumsiest -sup.], unhelpful.* poquito a poco = little by little.* por mencionar sólo unos pocos = to name but a few.* por mencionar uno pocos = just to name a few.* por nombrar sólo unos pocos = to name but a few.* por nombrar unos pocos = to name a few.* por poco dinero = cheaply.* por poco o nada = at little or no extra cost.* por si era poco = for good measure.* por si fuera poco = to boot, for good measure, to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.* prestar poca atención a = give + little thought to.* pretexto poco convincente = lame excuse.* quedar poco (para) = have + a short way to go (before).* quedar un poco = be some way off.* quedar un poco perjudicado = be a little worse prepared, be a little worse off.* que ocupa poco espacio = space-saving.* qué poco común = how odd.* quien mucho abarca poco aprieta = bite off more than + Pronombre + can chew.* reducirse poco a poco = dribble off.* resultar poco fructífero = prove + unfruitful.* roer poco a poco = eat away at.* saber un poco de todo y mucho de nada = jack of all trades, master of none.* sacar poco a poco = tease out.* salir un poco perjudicado = be a little worse prepared, be a little worse off.* sangre poco espesa = thin blood.* ser algo muy poco frecuente = be a rare occurrence.* ser algo poco común = be the exception rather than the rule.* ser algo poco conocido que = it + be + a little known fact that.* ser algo poco frecuente = be a rare occurrence.* ser algo poco sabido que = it + be + a little known fact that.* ser de poco valor = be of little use, be of little value.* ser muy poco probable = be remote.* ser poco = be under-provided.* ser poco agradecido = be thankless.* ser poco eficaz = do + little.* ser poco reconocido = be thankless.* ser pocos = be few in number, be small in number.* ser un hecho poco conocido que = it + be + a little known fact that.* ser un hecho poco sabido que = it + be + a little known fact that.* servir de poco = be of little use.* servir de poco o nada = be of little or no avail.* solución poco real = pie in the sky solution.* tener poca información = be information poor.* tener pocas luces = as thick as a brick, as thick as two (short) planks, as daft as a brush, knucklehead.* tener pocas posibilidades de = have + little recourse.* tener poco que ver = have + little to do.* tener poco valor = be of little value.* trabajo de poca monta = odd-job.* un hombre de pocas palabras = a man of few words.* unos pocos elegidos = a select few.* un poco = a bit, somewhat, slightly, something of, a little bit, kinda [kind of].* un poco áspero = roughish.* un poco como = kind of like.* un poco de = a measure of, a touch (of), a bit of, a piece of, a spot of, a splash of, a hint of.* un poco + Nombre = a shade + Nombre.* un poco obscuro = dusky.* un poco perdido = a bit at sea.* un poco rugoso = roughish.* usado con poca frecuencia = seldom used [seldom-used].* usuario que hace poco uso del préstamo = light borrower.* utilizar poco = underutilise/under-utilise [underutilize/under-utilize, -USA].* vivienda poco digna = poor housing.* y poco más = and little more.* * *Ihabla poco — he doesn't say much o a lot
II... con lo poco que le gusta el arroz —... and he doesn't even like rice; para locs ver poco III 4)
qué poco sentido común tienes! — you don't have much common sense, do you?
IIIfue asombroso, todo lo que te pueda decir es poco — it was amazing, I can't (even) begin to tell you
- ca pronombre1) (poca cantidad, poca cosa)por poco que gane... — no matter how little o however little she earns...
lo poco que gana se lo gasta en vino — he spends the little o what little he earns on wine
compra más lentejas, nos quedan muy pocas — buy some more lentils, we've hardly any left
2) poco ( refiriéndose a tiempo)lo vi hace poco — I saw him recently o not long ago
a poco de venir él — soon o shortly after he came
poco antes de que... — a short while o shortly before...
3) un pocoa) ( refiriéndose a cantidades) a little; ( refiriéndose a tiempo) a whileb)un poco de: un poco de pimienta/vino a little (bit of) pepper/wine; come un poco de jamón — have a bit of ham
c)un poco + adj/adv: un poco caro/tarde — a bit o a little expensive/late
4) (en locs)a poco — (Méx)
¿a poco no lees los periódicos? — don't you read the newspapers?
de a poco — (AmL) gradually
agrégale la leche de a poquito — add the milk gradually o a little at a time
en poco: en poco estuvo que no viniéramos we almost didn't come; tienen en poco la vida ajena they set little value on other people's lives; me tienes bien en poco si crees que... you can't think very highly o much of me if you think...; poco a poco gradually; poco más o menos approximately, roughly; poco menos que nearly; poco menos que la mata (fam) he almost killed her; poco menos que los echan a patadas (fam) they practically kicked them out; por poco — nearly
* * *= little [less -comp., least -sup.], low [lower -comp., lowest -sup.], scant, trifle, tad, little in the way of.Ex: Explanatory references give a little more explanation as to why the link between two names is being made in the catalogue or index.
Ex: Carlton Duncan discussed the difficulties built into the educational processes which led to under-performance at school and the resulting low representation in higher education and low entry into the professions.Ex: Scant attention is paid to evaluation and the needs of users.Ex: She had been a trifle nervous until it was formally announced that the position was hers.Ex: Williams is one of those rare poets who satisfies the yearning that many of us have for the memorable phrase we wish we had said were our perceptions a tad keener.Ex: Without any significant restructuring, the LIS programme in Iran will provide little in the way of riding out the rapid transition that the field is currently experiencing.* abultar poco = be skimpy.* acercarse poco a poco (a) = edge (toward(s)).* actuar con poca consideración hacia = play + fast and loose with.* agua poco profunda = shallow water.* aguas poco profundas = shallows.* alimentos poco saludables = unhealthy foods.* a poca distancia = not far behind.* a poca distancia andando = within walking distance, within an easy walk.* a poca distancia a pie = within an easy walk, within walking distance.* a pocos minutos andando = within walking distance, within easy walking distance, within an easy walk.* a pocos minutos a pie = within walking distance, within easy walking distance, within an easy walk.* avanzar poco a poco (hacia) = edge (toward(s)).* cada pocos años = every few years.* comida poco saludable = unhealthy foods.* comportamiento poco cívico = uncivic behaviour.* con muchos huesos y poca carne = bony [bonier -comp., boniest -sup.].* con muy poca antelación = at (a) very short notice.* con muy poca anticipación = at (a) very short notice.* con muy poca frecuencia = all too seldom.* con muy pocas excepciones = with few exceptions.* con muy pocos medios = on a shoestring (budget).* con poca claridad = indistinctly.* con poca exactitud = loosely.* con poca experiencia = inexperienced.* con poca iluminación = dimly illuminated.* con poca imaginación = unimaginatively.* con poca naturalidad = stiltedly.* con poca población = thinly populated.* con pocas habilidades = poor-ability.* con poca visión de futuro = short-sighted [shortsighted].* con poco dinero = on the cheap.* con poco entusiasmo = half-heartedly.* con pocos recursos = under-resourced.* con pocos recursos económicos = low-budget.* consumir poco a poco = eat away at.* con tan poca antelación = at such short notice.* con tan poca anticipación = at such short notice.* correr poco a poco = eat away at.* cuestiones poco claras = grey area [gray area].* de forma poco ética = unethically.* de forma poco imaginativa = unimaginatively.* de forma poco profesional = unprofessionally.Ex: When the security services carry out acts of terror, they employ patsies who often are petty criminals or people who are mentally backward or mentally unstable.* de manera poco ética = unethically.* de manera poco profesional = unprofessionally.* demasiado poco común = all too rare.* de modo poco imaginativo = unimaginatively.* dentro de poco = before long.* de población poco densa = sparsely populated.* de poca importancia = menial, small-time.* de poca monta = hack, small-time.* de pocas luces = dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], dim-witted [dimwitted].* de poco impacto = low impact [low-impact].* de poco peso = pat, feeble.* de poco provecho = fruitless.* de poco uso = low-use.* de poco valor = a dime a dozen.* desaparecer poco a poco = fade into + the sunset.* de todo un poco = about this and that and everything else, about this and that.* de un modo poco constructivo = unconstructively.* de un modo poco económico = wastefully.* de un modo poco natural = unnaturally.* donde cabe mucho también cabe poco = what holds a lot will hold a little.* durar poco = be short term.* echar poco a poco = dribble.* el que mucho abarca poco aprieta = jack of all trades, master of none.* en el caso poco probable de que = in the unlikely case (that).* en muy poco tiempo = before long.* en pocas palabras = simply put, in brief, to say the least, to put it (quite) simply, in short, to cut a long story short, bottom line, the, put simply, to make a long story short, the short story + be, simply stated.* en poco tiempo = before very long, in quite a short time, in a short time, in a short span of time.* en unos pocos años = within a few years.* estar poco dispuesto = be reluctant.* estar poco representado = underrepresent [under-represent].* estar un poco anticuado = be some years old.* excusa poco convincente = lame excuse.* faltar poco (para) = have + a short way to go (before).* faltar un poco = be some way off.* gente de poca importancia = small fry, the.* haber poca duda de que = there + be + little doubt that.* hace muy poco tiempo = a short time ago.* hace poco tiempo = a short time ago.* hacer poca distinción entre... y... = make + little distinction between... and....* hacer poco = do + little.* hacer que sea poco probable = render + unlikely.* hace unos pocos años = a few years ago.* hace unos pocos días = a few days ago.* hasta hace muy poco = until recently, up until recently.* hasta hace relativamente poco tiempo = until relatively recently.* horas de poca actividad = slack hours.* horas de poco movimiento = slack hours.* introducirse poco a poco = ease + Reflexivo + in.* ir poco más allá de + Infinitivo = go little further than + Gerundio.* llegar poco a poco = dribble in.* lo poco común = rarity, rareness.* mucho ruido para pocas nueces = much ado about nothing.* mucho ruido y pocas nueces = storm in a teacup, Posesivo + bark is worse than + Posesivo + bite.* muchos jefes y pocos trabajadores = too many chiefs and not enough Indians.* muy poco = minimally.* ofrecer poco = low-ball.* operación de poca monta = one-room, one-person operation.* pagando un poco más = at additional cost.* parece tener poco sentido que = there + seem + little point in.* pasar poco a poco = slide into.* período de poca actividad = slack time.* perro ladrador, poco mordedor = barking dogs seldom bite, Posesivo + bark is worse than + Posesivo + bite.* poca cantidad = trickle.* poca cosa = small fry, the.* poca iluminación = poor lighting.* poca importancia = unimportance, low profile.* poca notoriedad = low profile.* poca probabilidad = slim chance.* poca severidad = lenience, leniency.* pocas expectativas = low expectation.* poca utilidad = unhelpfulness.* poco abundante = light [lighter -comp., lightest -sup.].* poco accesible = unapproachable.* poco acertado = clumsy [clumsier -comp., clumsiest -sup.], injudicious.* poco acogedor = inhospitable.* poco aconsejable = unwise, inadvisable.* poco adecuado = unsuited, unsuitable, inapt.* poco + Adjetivo = slightly + Adjetivo, less than + Adjetivo.* poco afortunado = unhappy, ill-favoured [ill-favored, -USA].* poco agraciado = ill-favoured [ill-favored, -USA].* poco amable = off-putting, surly [surlier -comp., surliest -sup.], crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], unkind.* poco americano = un-American.* poco amistoso = off-putting, unfriendly.* poco antes de + Fecha = shortly before + Fecha.* poco a poco = gradually, piecemeal, slowly, incrementally, at a snail's pace, little by little, bit by bit.* poco apreciado = unappreciated.* poco apropiado = unsuited, unsuitable, inapt.* poco apto = inapt.* poco arriesgado = low-risk.* poco asequible = unapproachable.* poco atractivo = off-putting, unattractive, unglamorous, uninviting, unappealing.* poco atrevido = unadventurous.* poco audaz = unadventurous.* poco aventurero = unadventurous.* poco cabelleroso = ungentlemanlike.* poco cálido = lukewarm.* poco científico = hit-or-miss, unscientific.* poco cívico = uncivic.* poco claro = confusing, fuzzy [fuzzier - comp., fuzziest -sup.], indistinct, obscure, unclear, untidy, hazy, inconclusive, slurred, clouded, blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], undistinguished, uncleared, indistinctive, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.].* poco colaborador = unresponsive.* poco comercial = uncommercial.* poco competitivo = uncompetitive.* poco complicado = uncomplicated, uncomplicatedly.* poco comprensivo = unsympathetic.* poco común = rare, unfamiliar, unusual, uncommon, unordinary, out of the ordinary.* poco comunicativo = uncommunicative, reserved.* poco confortable = uncomfortable.* poco conocido = obscure, little known.* poco convencido = unconvinced.* poco convencional = unconventional.* poco convincente = unconvincing, inconclusive, pat, feeble.* poco convincentemente = unconvincingly.* poco correcto = ungentlemanlike.* poco cortés = impolite, ungentlemanlike.* poco culto = unenlightened.* poco decidido = half-hearted [halfhearted].* poco definido = blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.].* poco denso = rarefied.* poco deportivo = unsportsmanlike.* poco después = soon afterwards, shortly afterwards, shortly after, not long after.* poco después de = soon after (that), shortly after.* poco después de que = shortly after.* poco diestro = poor-ability.* poco diplomático = indiscreet.* poco dispuesto = disinclined.* poco dispuesto a colaborar = uncooperative.* poco ducho en las nuevas tecnologías = technologically challenged.* poco económico = uneconomical.* poco efectivo = ineffectual.* poco eficaz = non-efficient.* poco elegante = inelegant, awkward, dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.].* poco embarazoso = unembarrassing.* poco entusiasta = half-hearted [halfhearted], lukewarm.* poco envidiable = unenviable.* poco estable = unsettled.* poco estético = unaesthetic.* poco estimulador = unchallenging.* poco estimulante = unexciting, uninspiring, unmoving.* poco estricto = lax.* poco ético = unethical.* poco evidente = unnoticed, unnoted.* poco exigente = untaxing, undemanding.* poco favorable = unpromising.* poco favorecedor = unflattering.* poco fiable = unreliable, undependable, flaky [flakey].* poco firme = tenuous, rocky [rockier -comp., rockiest -sup.].* poco flexible = monolithic, inelastic.* poco frecuente = infrequent.* poco fructífero = unfruitful.* poco gratificante = unrewarding, unsatisfying.* poco grato = unwelcome.* poco hábil = poor-ability.* poco habitual = unaccustomed.* poco halagador = unflattering.* poco halagüeño = unflattering.* poco hospitalario = inhospitable.* poco idóneo = unsuited, unsuitable, inapt.* poco iluminado = dimly illuminated.* poco imaginativo = unimaginative.* poco importante = menial, small-time.* poco impresionado = unimpressed.* poco informativo = uninformative.* poco intelectual = lowbrow [low-brow].* poco inteligente = unintelligent.* poco intenso = light [lighter -comp., lightest -sup.].* poco interesante = dull, jackdaw, uninteresting, uninspiring, unremarkable.* poco juicioso = injudicious.* poco justificado = ill-justified.* poco listo = underprepared.* poco maduro = underripe.* poco más = little else.* poco materialista = unworldly.* poco memorable = forgettable.* poco mundano = unwordly.* poco natural = unnatural, stilted.* poco nítido = untidy.* poco normal = unnatural, unordinary, out of the ordinary.* poco novedoso = trite.* poco original = unoriginal.* poco ortodoxo = unorthodox.* poco poblado = thinly populated.* poco práctico = impractical, awkward.* poco preparado = underprepared.* poco probable = unlikely, far-fetched [farfetched].* poco productivo = unproductive.* poco profesional = amateurish, unprofessional.* poco profundo = shallow [shallower -comp., shallowest -sup.].* poco prometedor = bleak, unpromising.* poco propicio = unpromising, unpromising.* poco provechoso = fruitless, unrewarding.* poco prudente = ill-advised, ill-judged.* poco pulido = unpolished.* poco razonable = unreasonable.* poco realista = unrealistic, unreal, unwordly, way out in left field, airy-fairy.* poco recomendable = inadvisable.* poco refinado = unrefined, unpolished.* poco rentable = uneconomical.* poco representativo = unrepresentative.* poco romántico = unromantic.* poco sabido = little known.* poco saludable = unwholesome, insalubrious.* poco sano = unwholesome, insalubrious.* poco seguro = dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.].* poco sensato = ill-advised, injudicious, ill-judged.* poco sentimental = unsentimental.* poco serio = flippant.* poco sincero = insincere.* poco sistemático = sloppy [sloppier -comp., sloppiest -sup.].* poco social = unsocial.* poco sofisticado = elementary, unsophisticated, corn-fed.* poco sólido = insubstantial.* poco tiempo = short while, short time.* poco tiempo después = shortly afterwards.* poco tradicional = untraditional.* poco unido = loosely knit.* poco uniforme = patchy [patchier -comp., patchiest -sup.].* poco usado = little-used.* poco usual = unusual.* poco útil = clumsy [clumsier -comp., clumsiest -sup.], unhelpful.* poquito a poco = little by little.* por mencionar sólo unos pocos = to name but a few.* por mencionar uno pocos = just to name a few.* por nombrar sólo unos pocos = to name but a few.* por nombrar unos pocos = to name a few.* por poco dinero = cheaply.* por poco o nada = at little or no extra cost.* por si era poco = for good measure.* por si fuera poco = to boot, for good measure, to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.* prestar poca atención a = give + little thought to.* pretexto poco convincente = lame excuse.* quedar poco (para) = have + a short way to go (before).* quedar un poco = be some way off.* quedar un poco perjudicado = be a little worse prepared, be a little worse off.* que ocupa poco espacio = space-saving.* qué poco común = how odd.* quien mucho abarca poco aprieta = bite off more than + Pronombre + can chew.* reducirse poco a poco = dribble off.* resultar poco fructífero = prove + unfruitful.* roer poco a poco = eat away at.* saber un poco de todo y mucho de nada = jack of all trades, master of none.* sacar poco a poco = tease out.* salir un poco perjudicado = be a little worse prepared, be a little worse off.* sangre poco espesa = thin blood.* ser algo muy poco frecuente = be a rare occurrence.* ser algo poco común = be the exception rather than the rule.* ser algo poco conocido que = it + be + a little known fact that.* ser algo poco frecuente = be a rare occurrence.* ser algo poco sabido que = it + be + a little known fact that.* ser de poco valor = be of little use, be of little value.* ser muy poco probable = be remote.* ser poco = be under-provided.* ser poco agradecido = be thankless.* ser poco eficaz = do + little.* ser poco reconocido = be thankless.* ser pocos = be few in number, be small in number.* ser un hecho poco conocido que = it + be + a little known fact that.* ser un hecho poco sabido que = it + be + a little known fact that.* servir de poco = be of little use.* servir de poco o nada = be of little or no avail.* solución poco real = pie in the sky solution.* tener poca información = be information poor.* tener pocas luces = as thick as a brick, as thick as two (short) planks, as daft as a brush, knucklehead.* tener pocas posibilidades de = have + little recourse.* tener poco que ver = have + little to do.* tener poco valor = be of little value.* trabajo de poca monta = odd-job.* un hombre de pocas palabras = a man of few words.* unos pocos elegidos = a select few.* un poco = a bit, somewhat, slightly, something of, a little bit, kinda [kind of].* un poco áspero = roughish.* un poco como = kind of like.* un poco de = a measure of, a touch (of), a bit of, a piece of, a spot of, a splash of, a hint of.* un poco + Nombre = a shade + Nombre.* un poco obscuro = dusky.* un poco perdido = a bit at sea.* un poco rugoso = roughish.* usado con poca frecuencia = seldom used [seldom-used].* usuario que hace poco uso del préstamo = light borrower.* utilizar poco = underutilise/under-utilise [underutilize/under-utilize, -USA].* vivienda poco digna = poor housing.* y poco más = and little more.* * *poco1es muy poco agradecido he is very ungrateful, he isn't at all gratefules un autor muy poco conocido he is a very little-known authorme resultó poco interesante I didn't find it very interesting, I found it rather uninterestinghabla poco he doesn't say much o a lotduerme poquísimo she sleeps very little, she doesn't sleep very muchviene muy poco por aquí he hardly ever comes aroundpoco y nada me ayudaron they hardly helped me at all… con lo poco que le gusta el arroz … and he doesn't even like ricemuy poco vino very little winemuy pocos niños very few childrenhemos tenido muy poca suerte we've been very unlucky, we've had very little luck¡qué poco sentido común tienes! you don't have much common sense, do you?tengo muy poca ropa I have hardly any clothes, I have very few clothesa poca gente se le presenta esa oportunidad not many people get that opportunityhay muy pocas mujeres en el gremio there are very few women in the tradeéramos demasiado pocos there were too few of us, there weren't enough of usfue asombroso, todo lo que te pueda decir es poco it was amazing, I can't begin to tell youa esta mujer todo le parece poco this woman is never satisfiedme he olvidado del poco francés/de las pocas palabras que sabía I've forgotten the little French/the few words I knewle dio unos pocos pesos she gave him a few pesosA(poca cantidad, poca cosa): le serví sopa pero comió poca I gave her some soup but she only ate a little o she didn't eat muchsírvele poco, desayunó muy tarde don't give him (too) much, he had a late breakfastpor poco que gane, siempre es otro sueldo no matter how little o however little she earns o even if she doesn't earn much, it's still another salary coming inse conforma con poco he's easily satisfiedpoco faltó para que me pegara he nearly hit mepoco y nada saqué en limpio de lo que dijo what he said made little or no sense to melo poco que gana se lo gasta en vino he spends the little o what little he earns on winecompra más lentejas, nos quedan muy pocas buy some more lentils, we've hardly any left o we have very few leftes un profesor como pocos there aren't many teachers like himpocos pueden permitirse ese lujo not many people can afford to do thatBhace muy poco que lo conoce she hasn't known him for very long, she's only known him a little whiletardó poco en pintar la cocina it didn't take him long to paint the kitchenfalta poco para las navidades it's not long till Christmas, Christmas isn't far offa poco de terminar el bombardeo soon o shortly after the bombing stoppeddentro de poco sale otro tren there'll be another train soon o shortlypoco antes de que ella se fuera a short while o shortly before she leftC1 (refiriéndose a cantidades) a little; (refiriéndose a tiempo) a while¿te sirvo un poco? would you like a little o some?descansemos un poco let's rest for a while, let's have a little restespera un poquito wait a little whiletodavía le duele un poquitín or poquitito it still hurts him a little2un poco de: ponle un poco de pimienta/vino add a little (bit of) pepper/winetiene un poco de fiebre he has a slight fever, he has a bit of a temperature o a slight temperature ( BrE)come un poco de jamón have a bit of o some o a little ham3un poco (hasta cierto punto): es un poco lo que está pasando en Japón it's rather like what's happening in Japanun poco porque me dio lástima partly because I felt sorry for him4 un poco + ADJ/ADV:un poco caro/tarde a bit o a little expensive/lateme queda un poco corto it's a bit short o a little short o slightly too short (for me)habla un poco más fuerte speak up a bit o a littleD ( en locs):¡a poco no está fabuloso Acapulco! isn't Acapulco just fantastic!¡a poco ganaron! don't tell me they won!nos sacamos el gordo de la lotería — ¡a poco ! we won the big lottery prize — you didn't!agrégale la leche de a poquito add the milk gradually o a little at a timede a poquito se lo fue comiendo little by little o slowly she ate it all upen poco: en poco estuvo que nos ganaran they came very close to beating us, they very nearly beat usen poco estuvo que no viniéramos we almost didn't cometienen en poco la vida ajena they set little value on other people's livesme tienes bien en poco si me crees capaz de eso you can't think very highly o much of me if you think I could do such a thingpoco a poco or ( Méx) a poquito graduallypoco a poco la fueron arreglando they gradually fixed it up, they fixed it up little by littlepoco más o menos approximately, roughlyhabrán gastado unos dos millones, poco más o menos they must have spent in the neighborhood o ( BrE) region of two millionpoco menos que nearlyes poco menos que imposible it's well-nigh o almost o very nearly impossiblele pegó una paliza que poco menos que la mata ( fam); he gave her such a beating he almost o nearly killed herpoco menos que los echan a patadas ( fam); they practically kicked them outpor poco nearlypor poco nos descubren we were nearly found out* * *
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/late
4 ( 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
* * *poco, -a♦ adj(singular) little, not much; (plural) few, not many;de poca importancia of little importance;poca agua not much water;pocas personas lo saben few o not many people know it;hay pocos árboles there aren't many trees;tenemos poco tiempo we don't have much time;hace poco tiempo not long ago;dame unos pocos días give me a few days;esto ocurre pocas veces this rarely happens, this doesn't happen often;tengo pocas ganas de ir I don't really o much feel like going;poca sal me parece que le estás echando I don't think you're putting enough salt in, I think you're putting too little salt in;con lo poco que le gusta la ópera, y la han invitado a La Traviata it's ironic, considering how she dislikes opera, that they should have invited her to see La Traviata♦ pron1. [escasa cantidad] (singular) little, not much;* * *I adj sg little, not much; pl few, not many;un poco de a little;unos pocos a fewII adv little;trabaja poco he doesn’t work much;ahora se ve muy poco it’s seldom seen now;estuvo poco por aquí he wasn’t around much;poco conocido little known;poco a poco little by little;dentro de poco soon, shortly;hace poco a short time ago, not long ago;desde hace poco (for) a short while;por poco nearly, almost;¡a poco no lo hacemos! Méx don’t tell me we’re not doing it;de a poco me fui tranquilizando Rpl little by little I calmed down;por si fuera poco as if that weren’t o wasn’t enoughIII m:un poco a little, a bit* * *poco adv1) : little, not muchpoco probable: not very likelycome poco: he doesn't eat much2) : a short time, a whiletardaremos poco: we won't be very long3)poco antes : shortly before4)poco después : shortly afterpoco, -ca adj1) : little, not much, (a) fewtengo poco dinero: I don't have much moneyen no pocas ocasiones: on more than a few occasionspoca gente: few people2)pocas veces : rarelypoco, -ca pron1) : little, fewle falta poco para terminar: he's almost finisheduno de los pocos que quedan: one of the remaining few2)un poco : a little, a bitun poco de vino: a little wineun poco extraño: a bit strange3)¿a poco no se te hizo difícil?: you mean you didn't find it difficult?4)de a poco : little by little5)hace poco : not long ago6)poco a poco : little by little7)dentro de poco : shortly, in a little while8)por poco : nearly, almost* * *poco1 adj1. (singular) not much2. (plural) few / not manytiene pocos amigos he has few friends / he hasn't got many friendspoco2 adv1. (con verbos) not much2. (no mucho tiempo) not long3. (con adjetivos) not verypoco3 n a little / a bittengo de sobra, toma un poco I've got plenty, take a littlepoco4 pron1. (singular) not muchcompra café, que queda muy poco buy some coffee, there's not much left2. (plural) few / not many¿cuántos vinieron? pocos how many came? not many -
22 किन्नर _kinnara
किन्नर See under किम्.*****1 किम् ind. Used for कु only at the beginning of comp. to convey the senses of 'badness', 'deteriora- tion', 'defect', 'blame' or 'censure'; e. g. किंसखा a bad friend; किन्नरः a bad or deformed man &c.; see comp. below.-Comp. -ज a. born somewhere (not in a noble family) मन्ये किंजमहं घ्नन्तं त्वामक्षत्रियजे रणे Bk.6.133.-दासः a bad slave, or servant.-नरः a bad or deformed man; a mythical being with a human figure and the head of a horse (अश्वमुख); चयोदाहरणं बाह्वोर्गापयामास किन्नरान् R.4.78; उद्गास्य- तामिच्छति किन्नराणां तानप्रदायित्वमिवोपगन्तुम् Ku.1.8. ˚ईशः, ˚ईश्वरः1 an epithet of Kubera.-2 a kind of musical instrument. (-री f.)1 a female Kinnara; Me.58.-2 a kind of lute.-पुरुषः 'a low or despicable man', a mythical being with a human head and the form of a horse; Ku.1.14; किंपुरुषाणां हनुमान् Bhāg.11.16.29. ˚ईश्वरः an epithet of Kubera.-प्रभुः a bad master or king; हितान्न यः संशृणुते स किंप्रभुः Ki.1.5.-राजन् a. having a bad king. (-m.) a bad king.-विवक्षा Slandering; Rām.5.-सखि m. (nom. sing. किंसखा) a bad friend; स किंसखा साधु न शास्ति यो$धिपम् Ki.1.5.*****2किम् pron. a. (nom. sing. कः m., का f., किम् n.)1 Who, what, which used interrogatively); प्रजासु कः केन पथा प्रयातीत्यशेषतो वेदितुमस्ति शक्तिः Ś.6.26; करुणाविमुखेन मृत्युना हरता त्वां वद किं न मे हृतम् R.8.67; का खल्वनेन प्रार्थ्यमानात्मना विकत्थते V.2; कः को$त्र भोः. कः कौ के कं कौ कान् हसति च हसतो हसन्ति हरणाक्ष्यः Udb. The pronoun is often used to imply 'power or authority to do a thing'; i. e. के आवां परित्रातुं दुष्यन्तमाक्रन्द Ś.1; 'who are we &c.', i. e. what power have we &c.; नृपसद्मनि नाम के वयम् Bh.3.27; who are we, i. e. what position have we &c. Sometimes किम् means 'long' as applied to time especially in combi- nation with खलु or अपि or इव; का खलु वेला पत्रभवत्याः प्राप्तायाः Ve.1; 'what a time' i. e. a long time has elapsed, &c.; so को$पि कालस्तस्या आगत्य गतायाः Ratn 3; or क इव कालः Māl.3.-2 The neuter (किम्) is frequently used with instr. of nouns in the sense of 'what is the use of'; किं स्वामिचेष्टानिरूपणेन H.1; लोभश्चेदगुणेन किम् &c. Bh.2.55; किं तया दृष्ट्या Ś.3; किं कुलेनोपदिष्टेन शीलमेवात्र कारणम् Mk.9.7. अपि, चित्, चन, चिदपि or स्वित् are often added to किम् to give it an indefinite sense; विवेश कश्चिज्जटिलस्तपोवनम् Ku.5.3. a certain ascetic; दमघोषसुतेन कश्चन प्रतिशिष्टः प्रतिभानवानथ Śi.16.1; कश्चित्कान्ताविरहगुरुणा स्वाधिकारात्प्रमत्तः Me.1. &c.; का$पि तत एवागतवती Māl.1; a certain lady; कस्या$पि को$पिति निवेदितं च 1.33; किमपि, किमपि... जल्पतोरक्रमेण U.1.27; कस्मिंश्चिदपि महाभागधेयजन्मनि मन्मथ- विकारमुपलक्षितवानस्मि Māl.1; किमपि, किंचित् 'a little', वस्तु- सिद्धिर्विचारेण न किंचित् कर्मकोटिभिः Vivekachūdamaṇi; 'some- what' Y.2.116; U.6.35. किमपि also means 'indeseribable'; see अपि. इव is sometimes added to किम् in the sense of 'possibly', 'I should like to know'; (mostly adding force and elegance to the period); विना सीतादेव्या किमिव हि न दुःखं रघुपतेः U.6.3; किमिच हि मधुराणां मण्डनं नाकृतीनाम् Ś.1.2; see इव also. -ind.1 A particle of interroga- tion; जातिमात्रेण किं कश्चिद्धन्यते पूज्यते क्वचित् H.1.55 'is any one killed or worshipped' &c.; ततः किम् what then.-2 A particle meaning 'why', 'wherefore'; किमकारणमेव दर्शनं बिलपन्त्यै रतये न दीयते Ku.4.7.-3 Whether (its correlatives in the sense of 'or' being किं, उत, उताहो, आहोस्वित्, वा, किंवा, अथवा; see these words).-Comp. -अपि ind.1 to some extent, somewhat, to a considerable extent.-2 inexpressibly, indescribably (as to quality, quantity, nature &c.).-3 very much, by far; किमपि कमनीयं वपुरिदम् Ś.3; किमपि भीषणम्, किमपि करालम् &c.-अर्थ a. having what motive or aim; किमर्थोयं यत्नः.-अर्थम् ind. why, wherefore.-आख्य a. having what name; किमाख्यस्य राजर्षेः सा पत्नी. Ś.7.-इति ind. why, indeed, why to be sure, for what purpose (emphasizing the question); तत्किमित्युदासते भरताः Māl.1; किमित्यपास्याभरणानि यौवने धृतं त्वया वार्धकशोभि वल्कलम् Ku.5.44.-उ, -उत 1 whether-or (showing doubt or uncertainty); किमु विष- विसर्पः किमु मदः U.1.35; Amaru.12.-2 why (indeed) कं च ते परमं कामं करोमि किमु हर्षितः Rām.1.18.52. प्रियसुहृ- त्सार्थः किमु त्यज्यते.-3 how much more, how much less; यौवनं धनसंपत्तिः प्रभुत्वमविवेकिता । एकैकम यनर्थाय किमु यत्र चतुष्टयम् ॥.II Pr.11; सर्वाविनयानामेकैकमप्येषामायतनं किमुत समवायः K.13; R.14.35; Ku.7.65.-कथिका f. A doubt or hesita- tion; यत्र कर्मणि क्रियमाणे किंकथिका न भवति तत्कर्तव्यम् । यत्र तु हृदयं न तुष्यति तद्वर्जनीयम् ॥ Medhātithi's gloss on Ms.4.161.-करः a servant, slave; अवेहि मां किंकरमष्टमूर्तेः R.2.35. (-रा) a female servant. (-री) the wife of a servant.-कर्तव्यता, -कार्यता any situation in which one asks oneself what should be done; यथा किंकार्यतामूढा वयस्यास्तस्य जज्ञिरे Ks.1.11. किंकर्तव्यतामूढः 'being at a loss or perplexed what to do'.-कारण a. having what reason or cause,-किल ind. what a pity (expressing displeasure or dissatisfaction न संभावयामि न मर्षयामि तत्रभवान् किंकिल वृषलं याजयिष्यति Kāshika on P.III.3.146.-कृते ind. what for ? कामस्य किंकृते पुष्पकार्मुकारोपणग्रहः Ks.71.79.-क्षण a. one who says 'what is a moment', a lazy fellow who does not value moments; H.2.89.-गोत्र a. belonging to what family; किंगोत्रो नु सोम्यासि Ch. Up.4.4.4.-च ind. moreover, and again, further.-चन ind. to a certain degree, a little;-चित् ind. to a certain degree, somewhat, a little; किंचिदुत्क्रान्तशैशवौ R.15.33, 2.46,12.21. ˚ज्ञ a. 'knowing little', a smatterer. ˚कर a. doing something useful. ˚कालः sometime, a little time. ˚प्राण a. having a little life. ˚मात्र a. only a little.-छन्दस् a. conversant with which Veda.-स्तनुः a species of spider.-तर्हि ind. how then, but, however.-तु ind. but, yet, however, nevertheless; अवैमि चैनामनघेति किंतु लोकापवादो बलवान्मतो मे R.14.43,1.65.-तुघ्नः one of the eleven periods called Karaṇa.-दवः an inferior god, demi-god; किंदेवाः किन्नराः नागाः किम्पुरुषादयः Bhāg.11.14.6.-देवत a. having what deity.-नामधेय, -नामन् a. having what name.-निमित्त a. having what cause or reason, for what purpose.-निमित्तम् ind. why, wherefore,-नु ind.1 whether; किं नु मे मरणं श्रेयो परित्यागो जनस्य वा Nala.1.1.-2 much more, much less; अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते Bg.1.35.-3 what indeed; किं नु मे राज्येनार्थः-4 but, however; किं नु चित्तं मनुष्याणामनित्यमिति मे मतम् Rām.2.4.27.-नु खलु ind.1 how possibly, how is it that, why indeed, why to be sure; किं नु खलु गीतार्थमाकर्ण्य इष्टजनविरहा- दृते$पि बलवदुत्कण्ठितो$स्मि Ś.5.-2 may it be that; किं नु खलु यथा वयमस्यामेवमियमप्यस्मान् प्रति स्यात् Ś.1.-पच, -पचान a. miserly, niggardly.-पराक्रम a. of what power or energy.-पाक a. not mature, ignorant, stupid.-कः a. medical plant, Strychnos nux vomica (Mar. कुचला); न लुब्धो बुध्यते दोषान्किंपाकमिव भक्षयन् Rām.2.66.6.-पुनर् ind. how much more, how much less; स्वयं रोपितेषु तरुषूत्पद्यते स्नेहः किं पुनरङ्गसंभवेष्वपत्येषु K.291; Me.3.17; Ve.3.-पुरुषः an inferior man, Bhāg.11.14.6.-प्रकारम् ind. in what manner.-प्रभाव a. possessing what power.-भूत a. of what sort of nature.-रूप a. of what form or shape.-वदन्ति, -न्ती f. rumour, report; स किंवदन्तीं वदतां पुरोगः (पप्रच्छ) R.14.31. मत्संबन्धात्कश्मला किंवदन्ती U.1.42; U.1.4.-वराटकः an extravagant man.-वा ind.1 a particle of interroga- tion; किं वा शकुन्तलेत्यस्य मातुराख्या Ś.7.-2 or (corr. of किं 'whether'); राजपुत्रि सुप्ता किं वा जागर्षि Pt.1; तत्किं मारयामि किं वा विषं प्रयच्छामि किं वा पशुधर्मेण व्यापादयामि ibid.; Ś. Til.7.-विद a. knowing what.-व्यापार a. following what occupation.-शील a. of what habits,-स्वित् ind. whether, how; अद्रेः शृङ्गं हरति पवनः किंस्विदित्युन्मुखीभिः Me.14. -
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et·washast du nicht eben auch \Etwas gehört? didn't you hear something then as well?;hast du \Etwas? are you feeling all right?;merken Sie \Etwas? do you notice anything?;\Etwas sein to be something;das will \Etwas heißen that's saying something;sein Wort gilt \Etwas beim Chef his word counts for something with the boss;\Etwas miteinander haben to have something going for each other\Etwas anderes something else;\Etwas Dummes/ Neues something stupid/new;dass ich das vergessen konnte, so \Etwas Dummes! I'm an idiot for forgetting that;\Etwas Schöneres habe ich noch nie gesehen I have never seen anything more beautiful; ( ein bisschen) a bit;[noch] \Etwas Geld/ Kaffee some [more] money/coffee;nimm dir \Etwas von dem Kuchen have a bit of cakedu könntest dich ruhig \Etwas anstrengen you might make a bit of an effort;kannst du dich nicht \Etwas beeilen? can't you hurry up a little?;sie scheint \Etwas sauer zu sein she seems to be somewhat [or a little] annoyed;\Etwas seltsam ist das schon, oder? that's a little strange, don't you think?2. Et·was <-> [ʼɛtvas] ntein winziges \Etwas a tiny little thing -
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et·washast du nicht eben auch \etwas gehört? didn't you hear something then as well?;hast du \etwas? are you feeling all right?;merken Sie \etwas? do you notice anything?;\etwas sein to be something;das will \etwas heißen that's saying something;sein Wort gilt \etwas beim Chef his word counts for something with the boss;\etwas miteinander haben to have something going for each other\etwas anderes something else;\etwas Dummes/ Neues something stupid/new;dass ich das vergessen konnte, so \etwas Dummes! I'm an idiot for forgetting that;\etwas Schöneres habe ich noch nie gesehen I have never seen anything more beautiful; ( ein bisschen) a bit;[noch] \etwas Geld/ Kaffee some [more] money/coffee;nimm dir \etwas von dem Kuchen have a bit of cakedu könntest dich ruhig \etwas anstrengen you might make a bit of an effort;kannst du dich nicht \etwas beeilen? can't you hurry up a little?;sie scheint \etwas sauer zu sein she seems to be somewhat [or a little] annoyed;\etwas seltsam ist das schon, oder? that's a little strange, don't you think?2. Et·was <-> [ʼɛtvas] ntein winziges \etwas a tiny little thing -
25 SAP
1) Общая лексика: hum. сокр. Sensitive To Antimicrobial Peptides, hum. сокр. Slam Associated Protein, social action program, Site Access Permit (SEIC), старшее ответственное лицо (Senior Authorised Person, напр. http://www.indeed.co.uk/jobs?q=Senior+Authorised+Person&l=London)2) Компьютерная техника: System Application Program, Systems Application Products, Systems, Applications, and Products3) Медицина: statistical analysis plan, план статистического анализа, нарколог (substance abuse professional), substance abuse professional - нарколог (сокр.)4) Американизм: Scientific Advisory Panel, State Assessment Panel, Statements of Administration Policy, Statutory Adoption Pay, Stop All Progress, Substance Abuse Prevention5) Спорт: Slight Atari Player6) Военный термин: System Acquisition Plan, search and attack pattern, security assistance plan, security assistance program, semiarmor-piercing, shipboard antenna pedestal, standing air patrol, strategic advantages profile, structural analysis program, supervisory airplane pilot, system alignment procedure7) Техника: safety assessment principles, severe accident program, sintered aluminum powder, solar array program, startup administrative procedure, statements on auditing procedures, system acquisition process8) Шутливое выражение: Satan's Accounting Program, Slow And Painful, Somewhat Academic Privacy, Son Af a Pitch9) Религия: Share And Prayer10) Юридический термин: Special Assistance Pass, Substance Abuse Panel, Substance Abuse Program11) Бухгалтерия: Service Advertisement Protocol, Standard Accounting Procedures, Statements on Auditing Procedure, Systems Applications Products, Положения по процедурам аудита (Statements on Auditing Procedures), Принципы ведения бухгалтерскогоучёта, предписанные законом (Statutory Accounting Principles)
12) Страхование: Statutory Accounting Principals13) Автомобильный термин: Standard Corporate Protocol14) Грубое выражение: Stupid American Public, Surely A Pedophile15) Оптика: stress-applying part16) Телекоммуникации: протокол предлагаемых услуг, Service Advertising Protocol (NetWare), Service Access Point (generic)17) Сокращение: Seaborne Air Platform, Second Audio Program, Semi-Armour Piercing, Sensing And Processing unit, Shijiazhuang Aircraft Plant (China), Simulated Attack Profile, Soon As Possible, South African Police (South Africa), Special Access Program (USA), Special Access Program18) Университет: Satisfactory Academic Progress, Scientific Agricultural Partnership, Standard Assessment Performance, Student Assistance Program, Students Aid Project, Students Alumni And Professional, Supply Of Academic Publications19) Электроника: Secondary Audio Program20) Вычислительная техника: Service Access Point, Service Advertising Protocol, symbolic address program, symbolic assembly program, system assist processor, Symbolic Assembler Program (IBM, IBM 704), Session Announcement Protocol (Internet, RFC 2974), Service Advertising Protocol (Novell, Netware, IPX), Service Access Point (OSI), Service Access Point (OSI, Networking), Systems, Applications and Products (in data processing, ag, Hersteller), компания SAP, система компании SAP21) Нефть: An enterprise resource system, программы структурной перестройки, бухгалтерская программа SAP22) Иммунология: Serum Amyloid P23) Транспорт: Suitcase And Passport24) Фирменный знак: System Application And Products, System Application Products, Systems Applications And Programming, Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing26) Деловая лексика: Safety Awareness Program, Systems Applications Production, описание процедуры отчётности, описание процедуры ревизии (Statement on Auditing Procedure)27) Глоссарий компании Сахалин Энерджи: System, Application and Products for Data Processing28) Образование: Science Activity Planner, Solves All Problems, Standard Assessment Procedure, Standard Assessment Program, State Advisory Panel for Special Education, Student Assistance Plan, Substance Abuse Professional29) Сетевые технологии: Service Announcement Protocol, Start Of Active Profile, System Area Pointer, протокол извещения об услугах, протокол объявления об услугах, протокол представления услуг, протокол рекламного сетевого сервиса, протокол с объявлением о служебных средствах31) Медицинская техника: Super Absorbent Polymer - впитывающий полимер (применяется во впитывающей продукции, напр. в подгузниках)32) Химическое оружие: sampling and analysis plan, strategic action plan33) Трудовое право: Разрешение на доступ на рабочую площадку (Site Access Permit)34) Расширение файла: Session Announcement Protocol, System Assurance Program, Service Access Point (DEC), Systems, Applications and Products (company)35) Майкрософт: протокол SAP36) Общественная организация: Scholarship Assistance Program37) Должность: Substance Abuse Professionals38) Чат: Soft And Pretty39) NYSE. S A P, A. G.40) Аэропорты: San Pedro Sula, Honduras41) Программное обеспечение: System Analysis and Program Development, System Application Product42) Базы данных: Systems Applications Processing -
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1) Компьютерная техника: Saving The Data, Scattered Disk, Scsi Device, Scsi Disk, Semi Discrete, Single Data, Sorted Directory, Spool Directory, Submitted Data2) Биология: Doctor of Science, segregation distorter3) Медицина: исследуемый препарат (study drug), Sclerosis Disseminata (Рассеянный Склероз, лат., иногда употребляется как аббревиатура, заменяющая РС, MS), Stable Disease (стабилизация заболевания, употребляется в онкологии как вариант ответа на лечение), standard deviation (стандартное отклонение), source documents (первичная документация -- термин используется в клинических исследованиях, это документация, имеющая отношение к пациенту-участнику клинического исследования), первичная документация (source documents)4) Американизм: Submittal Description5) Спорт: Sun Dome6) Военный термин: Secretary of Defense, Security Division, Senior Director, Solicitation Document, Space Director, Standard Displacement, Standby Distribution, Strategic Command Directive, Submarine Dutch, Synchronization Directorate, Systems Directorate, safety destructor, salvage depot, sample data, search depth, secret document, self-destroying, self-destruct, separation date, service depot, service document, service dress, severe damage, shell-destroying, short delay, short delivery, short duration, site defence, situation display, skin dose, space division, special delivery, special designation, special document, special duty, specification for design, staff duties, staff duty, standard dress, standardization data, standardization directory, storage depot, stores depot, straight duty, study director, supply depot, support detachment, support directive, support document, surveillance drone, survival dose, system demonstration, system description, systems development7) Техника: Schottky diode, Super Duraluminum, sample delay, scram discharge, selenium diode, semi-diameter, service delay, shutdown, signal-to-distortion, slow-down relay, source-drain, spectral distribution, standard drawing, standards development, station directive, stores department, submarine detector, supply duct, system deployment8) Сельское хозяйство: swine dysentery9) Математика: среднеквадратическое отклонение (standard deviation)10) Метеорология: A Specific Duty, Single Droplet11) Юридический термин: Self Defense12) Статистика: Second Difference13) Биржевой термин: Supplementary Deposit14) Грубое выражение: Shit Drawing, Stupid Dick, Super Dumb15) География: Южная Дакота (штат США)16) Металлургия: Splitter Damper, soft-drawn17) Политика: Sardinia (Sardegna)18) Телекоммуникации: Starting Delimiter (LAN), Standard Definition19) Сокращение: Saco Defense Inc. (USA), Security Domains, Self Destruct, Service Dress (UK), Sindhi, Social Democrat, South Dakota (US state), South Dakota, Space Division (USAF), Spatial Disorientation, Special Duties, State Department, Stepfamily Day, Sudan, shower drain, standard deviation, Standardization Document, Start Delimiter20) Физиология: Shoulder Disarticulation, Sterile dressing, Subdural21) Фото: портативная флеш-карта памяти, использующаяся в цифровых фотоаппаратах, мобильных телефонах и т. д. (Secure Digital Memory Card)22) Электроника: San Disk, Sound Dampened, Square-law Detector, Static Dissipation, Synchronous Detector, Synchronous Dynamic23) Вычислительная техника: super density, Structured Design (CASE), Starting Delimiter (FDDI, Token Ring), Secure Digital (card), Super Density (disk, CD, Toshiba, Time Warner), Self-Describing (file, HP), single density, одинарная плотность24) Нефть: sand, shirttail damage, shut down, strata dip, демонстрационные испытания системы (system demonstration), документ по стандартизации (standardization document)25) Картография: side of drain26) Банковское дело: вексель на предъявителя (sight draft)27) Транспорт: Sport Deck, Super Drive28) Пищевая промышленность: Senior Dinner, Specially Denatured29) Фирменный знак: Sterling Diamond30) Деловая лексика: Shady Deal, Software Development31) Бурение: sandstone32) Глоссарий компании Сахалин Энерджи: Sustainable Development, Государственная Дума (State Duma), (MF) Sustainable Development (Shell; Management Framework)33) Образование: Sales And Distribution, School District, Source To Destination34) Инвестиции: sight draft35) Сетевые технологии: Same Domain, Session Directory, посылка данных36) Полимеры: solid-drawn, stream day37) Программирование: Selective Default38) Сахалин Р: State Duma39) Макаров: spectral density40) Безопасность: Secure Data, Secure Digital, Self Delete41) Расширение файла: Send Data, Sound (Entropic Sound Data format)42) Нефть и газ: smoke detector43) Антарктика: Стандартное отклонение44) Фантастика Star Delta45) Имена и фамилии: Steve Dagley46) Бокс: спорное решение (судей) (Split decision)47) Должность: Senior Deacon, Somewhat Dependable, Sound Designer, Space Detective48) Чат: Super Duper49) Правительство: San Diego, California50) НАСА: Small Dual In-line Package, Structured Design51) Федеральное бюро расследований: San Diego Field Office52) AMEX. Sketch Dimension53) Комиксы: super-deforme -
27 Sd
1) Компьютерная техника: Saving The Data, Scattered Disk, Scsi Device, Scsi Disk, Semi Discrete, Single Data, Sorted Directory, Spool Directory, Submitted Data2) Биология: Doctor of Science, segregation distorter3) Медицина: исследуемый препарат (study drug), Sclerosis Disseminata (Рассеянный Склероз, лат., иногда употребляется как аббревиатура, заменяющая РС, MS), Stable Disease (стабилизация заболевания, употребляется в онкологии как вариант ответа на лечение), standard deviation (стандартное отклонение), source documents (первичная документация -- термин используется в клинических исследованиях, это документация, имеющая отношение к пациенту-участнику клинического исследования), первичная документация (source documents)4) Американизм: Submittal Description5) Спорт: Sun Dome6) Военный термин: Secretary of Defense, Security Division, Senior Director, Solicitation Document, Space Director, Standard Displacement, Standby Distribution, Strategic Command Directive, Submarine Dutch, Synchronization Directorate, Systems Directorate, safety destructor, salvage depot, sample data, search depth, secret document, self-destroying, self-destruct, separation date, service depot, service document, service dress, severe damage, shell-destroying, short delay, short delivery, short duration, site defence, situation display, skin dose, space division, special delivery, special designation, special document, special duty, specification for design, staff duties, staff duty, standard dress, standardization data, standardization directory, storage depot, stores depot, straight duty, study director, supply depot, support detachment, support directive, support document, surveillance drone, survival dose, system demonstration, system description, systems development7) Техника: Schottky diode, Super Duraluminum, sample delay, scram discharge, selenium diode, semi-diameter, service delay, shutdown, signal-to-distortion, slow-down relay, source-drain, spectral distribution, standard drawing, standards development, station directive, stores department, submarine detector, supply duct, system deployment8) Сельское хозяйство: swine dysentery9) Математика: среднеквадратическое отклонение (standard deviation)10) Метеорология: A Specific Duty, Single Droplet11) Юридический термин: Self Defense12) Статистика: Second Difference13) Биржевой термин: Supplementary Deposit14) Грубое выражение: Shit Drawing, Stupid Dick, Super Dumb15) География: Южная Дакота (штат США)16) Металлургия: Splitter Damper, soft-drawn17) Политика: Sardinia (Sardegna)18) Телекоммуникации: Starting Delimiter (LAN), Standard Definition19) Сокращение: Saco Defense Inc. (USA), Security Domains, Self Destruct, Service Dress (UK), Sindhi, Social Democrat, South Dakota (US state), South Dakota, Space Division (USAF), Spatial Disorientation, Special Duties, State Department, Stepfamily Day, Sudan, shower drain, standard deviation, Standardization Document, Start Delimiter20) Физиология: Shoulder Disarticulation, Sterile dressing, Subdural21) Фото: портативная флеш-карта памяти, использующаяся в цифровых фотоаппаратах, мобильных телефонах и т. д. (Secure Digital Memory Card)22) Электроника: San Disk, Sound Dampened, Square-law Detector, Static Dissipation, Synchronous Detector, Synchronous Dynamic23) Вычислительная техника: super density, Structured Design (CASE), Starting Delimiter (FDDI, Token Ring), Secure Digital (card), Super Density (disk, CD, Toshiba, Time Warner), Self-Describing (file, HP), single density, одинарная плотность24) Нефть: sand, shirttail damage, shut down, strata dip, демонстрационные испытания системы (system demonstration), документ по стандартизации (standardization document)25) Картография: side of drain26) Банковское дело: вексель на предъявителя (sight draft)27) Транспорт: Sport Deck, Super Drive28) Пищевая промышленность: Senior Dinner, Specially Denatured29) Фирменный знак: Sterling Diamond30) Деловая лексика: Shady Deal, Software Development31) Бурение: sandstone32) Глоссарий компании Сахалин Энерджи: Sustainable Development, Государственная Дума (State Duma), (MF) Sustainable Development (Shell; Management Framework)33) Образование: Sales And Distribution, School District, Source To Destination34) Инвестиции: sight draft35) Сетевые технологии: Same Domain, Session Directory, посылка данных36) Полимеры: solid-drawn, stream day37) Программирование: Selective Default38) Сахалин Р: State Duma39) Макаров: spectral density40) Безопасность: Secure Data, Secure Digital, Self Delete41) Расширение файла: Send Data, Sound (Entropic Sound Data format)42) Нефть и газ: smoke detector43) Антарктика: Стандартное отклонение44) Фантастика Star Delta45) Имена и фамилии: Steve Dagley46) Бокс: спорное решение (судей) (Split decision)47) Должность: Senior Deacon, Somewhat Dependable, Sound Designer, Space Detective48) Чат: Super Duper49) Правительство: San Diego, California50) НАСА: Small Dual In-line Package, Structured Design51) Федеральное бюро расследований: San Diego Field Office52) AMEX. Sketch Dimension53) Комиксы: super-deforme -
28 sap
1) Общая лексика: hum. сокр. Sensitive To Antimicrobial Peptides, hum. сокр. Slam Associated Protein, social action program, Site Access Permit (SEIC), старшее ответственное лицо (Senior Authorised Person, напр. http://www.indeed.co.uk/jobs?q=Senior+Authorised+Person&l=London)2) Компьютерная техника: System Application Program, Systems Application Products, Systems, Applications, and Products3) Медицина: statistical analysis plan, план статистического анализа, нарколог (substance abuse professional), substance abuse professional - нарколог (сокр.)4) Американизм: Scientific Advisory Panel, State Assessment Panel, Statements of Administration Policy, Statutory Adoption Pay, Stop All Progress, Substance Abuse Prevention5) Спорт: Slight Atari Player6) Военный термин: System Acquisition Plan, search and attack pattern, security assistance plan, security assistance program, semiarmor-piercing, shipboard antenna pedestal, standing air patrol, strategic advantages profile, structural analysis program, supervisory airplane pilot, system alignment procedure7) Техника: safety assessment principles, severe accident program, sintered aluminum powder, solar array program, startup administrative procedure, statements on auditing procedures, system acquisition process8) Шутливое выражение: Satan's Accounting Program, Slow And Painful, Somewhat Academic Privacy, Son Af a Pitch9) Религия: Share And Prayer10) Юридический термин: Special Assistance Pass, Substance Abuse Panel, Substance Abuse Program11) Бухгалтерия: Service Advertisement Protocol, Standard Accounting Procedures, Statements on Auditing Procedure, Systems Applications Products, Положения по процедурам аудита (Statements on Auditing Procedures), Принципы ведения бухгалтерскогоучёта, предписанные законом (Statutory Accounting Principles)
12) Страхование: Statutory Accounting Principals13) Автомобильный термин: Standard Corporate Protocol14) Грубое выражение: Stupid American Public, Surely A Pedophile15) Оптика: stress-applying part16) Телекоммуникации: протокол предлагаемых услуг, Service Advertising Protocol (NetWare), Service Access Point (generic)17) Сокращение: Seaborne Air Platform, Second Audio Program, Semi-Armour Piercing, Sensing And Processing unit, Shijiazhuang Aircraft Plant (China), Simulated Attack Profile, Soon As Possible, South African Police (South Africa), Special Access Program (USA), Special Access Program18) Университет: Satisfactory Academic Progress, Scientific Agricultural Partnership, Standard Assessment Performance, Student Assistance Program, Students Aid Project, Students Alumni And Professional, Supply Of Academic Publications19) Электроника: Secondary Audio Program20) Вычислительная техника: Service Access Point, Service Advertising Protocol, symbolic address program, symbolic assembly program, system assist processor, Symbolic Assembler Program (IBM, IBM 704), Session Announcement Protocol (Internet, RFC 2974), Service Advertising Protocol (Novell, Netware, IPX), Service Access Point (OSI), Service Access Point (OSI, Networking), Systems, Applications and Products (in data processing, ag, Hersteller), компания SAP, система компании SAP21) Нефть: An enterprise resource system, программы структурной перестройки, бухгалтерская программа SAP22) Иммунология: Serum Amyloid P23) Транспорт: Suitcase And Passport24) Фирменный знак: System Application And Products, System Application Products, Systems Applications And Programming, Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing26) Деловая лексика: Safety Awareness Program, Systems Applications Production, описание процедуры отчётности, описание процедуры ревизии (Statement on Auditing Procedure)27) Глоссарий компании Сахалин Энерджи: System, Application and Products for Data Processing28) Образование: Science Activity Planner, Solves All Problems, Standard Assessment Procedure, Standard Assessment Program, State Advisory Panel for Special Education, Student Assistance Plan, Substance Abuse Professional29) Сетевые технологии: Service Announcement Protocol, Start Of Active Profile, System Area Pointer, протокол извещения об услугах, протокол объявления об услугах, протокол представления услуг, протокол рекламного сетевого сервиса, протокол с объявлением о служебных средствах31) Медицинская техника: Super Absorbent Polymer - впитывающий полимер (применяется во впитывающей продукции, напр. в подгузниках)32) Химическое оружие: sampling and analysis plan, strategic action plan33) Трудовое право: Разрешение на доступ на рабочую площадку (Site Access Permit)34) Расширение файла: Session Announcement Protocol, System Assurance Program, Service Access Point (DEC), Systems, Applications and Products (company)35) Майкрософт: протокол SAP36) Общественная организация: Scholarship Assistance Program37) Должность: Substance Abuse Professionals38) Чат: Soft And Pretty39) NYSE. S A P, A. G.40) Аэропорты: San Pedro Sula, Honduras41) Программное обеспечение: System Analysis and Program Development, System Application Product42) Базы данных: Systems Applications Processing -
29 sd
1) Компьютерная техника: Saving The Data, Scattered Disk, Scsi Device, Scsi Disk, Semi Discrete, Single Data, Sorted Directory, Spool Directory, Submitted Data2) Биология: Doctor of Science, segregation distorter3) Медицина: исследуемый препарат (study drug), Sclerosis Disseminata (Рассеянный Склероз, лат., иногда употребляется как аббревиатура, заменяющая РС, MS), Stable Disease (стабилизация заболевания, употребляется в онкологии как вариант ответа на лечение), standard deviation (стандартное отклонение), source documents (первичная документация -- термин используется в клинических исследованиях, это документация, имеющая отношение к пациенту-участнику клинического исследования), первичная документация (source documents)4) Американизм: Submittal Description5) Спорт: Sun Dome6) Военный термин: Secretary of Defense, Security Division, Senior Director, Solicitation Document, Space Director, Standard Displacement, Standby Distribution, Strategic Command Directive, Submarine Dutch, Synchronization Directorate, Systems Directorate, safety destructor, salvage depot, sample data, search depth, secret document, self-destroying, self-destruct, separation date, service depot, service document, service dress, severe damage, shell-destroying, short delay, short delivery, short duration, site defence, situation display, skin dose, space division, special delivery, special designation, special document, special duty, specification for design, staff duties, staff duty, standard dress, standardization data, standardization directory, storage depot, stores depot, straight duty, study director, supply depot, support detachment, support directive, support document, surveillance drone, survival dose, system demonstration, system description, systems development7) Техника: Schottky diode, Super Duraluminum, sample delay, scram discharge, selenium diode, semi-diameter, service delay, shutdown, signal-to-distortion, slow-down relay, source-drain, spectral distribution, standard drawing, standards development, station directive, stores department, submarine detector, supply duct, system deployment8) Сельское хозяйство: swine dysentery9) Математика: среднеквадратическое отклонение (standard deviation)10) Метеорология: A Specific Duty, Single Droplet11) Юридический термин: Self Defense12) Статистика: Second Difference13) Биржевой термин: Supplementary Deposit14) Грубое выражение: Shit Drawing, Stupid Dick, Super Dumb15) География: Южная Дакота (штат США)16) Металлургия: Splitter Damper, soft-drawn17) Политика: Sardinia (Sardegna)18) Телекоммуникации: Starting Delimiter (LAN), Standard Definition19) Сокращение: Saco Defense Inc. (USA), Security Domains, Self Destruct, Service Dress (UK), Sindhi, Social Democrat, South Dakota (US state), South Dakota, Space Division (USAF), Spatial Disorientation, Special Duties, State Department, Stepfamily Day, Sudan, shower drain, standard deviation, Standardization Document, Start Delimiter20) Физиология: Shoulder Disarticulation, Sterile dressing, Subdural21) Фото: портативная флеш-карта памяти, использующаяся в цифровых фотоаппаратах, мобильных телефонах и т. д. (Secure Digital Memory Card)22) Электроника: San Disk, Sound Dampened, Square-law Detector, Static Dissipation, Synchronous Detector, Synchronous Dynamic23) Вычислительная техника: super density, Structured Design (CASE), Starting Delimiter (FDDI, Token Ring), Secure Digital (card), Super Density (disk, CD, Toshiba, Time Warner), Self-Describing (file, HP), single density, одинарная плотность24) Нефть: sand, shirttail damage, shut down, strata dip, демонстрационные испытания системы (system demonstration), документ по стандартизации (standardization document)25) Картография: side of drain26) Банковское дело: вексель на предъявителя (sight draft)27) Транспорт: Sport Deck, Super Drive28) Пищевая промышленность: Senior Dinner, Specially Denatured29) Фирменный знак: Sterling Diamond30) Деловая лексика: Shady Deal, Software Development31) Бурение: sandstone32) Глоссарий компании Сахалин Энерджи: Sustainable Development, Государственная Дума (State Duma), (MF) Sustainable Development (Shell; Management Framework)33) Образование: Sales And Distribution, School District, Source To Destination34) Инвестиции: sight draft35) Сетевые технологии: Same Domain, Session Directory, посылка данных36) Полимеры: solid-drawn, stream day37) Программирование: Selective Default38) Сахалин Р: State Duma39) Макаров: spectral density40) Безопасность: Secure Data, Secure Digital, Self Delete41) Расширение файла: Send Data, Sound (Entropic Sound Data format)42) Нефть и газ: smoke detector43) Антарктика: Стандартное отклонение44) Фантастика Star Delta45) Имена и фамилии: Steve Dagley46) Бокс: спорное решение (судей) (Split decision)47) Должность: Senior Deacon, Somewhat Dependable, Sound Designer, Space Detective48) Чат: Super Duper49) Правительство: San Diego, California50) НАСА: Small Dual In-line Package, Structured Design51) Федеральное бюро расследований: San Diego Field Office52) AMEX. Sketch Dimension53) Комиксы: super-deforme -
30 plutôt
plutôt [plyto]adverba. ( = de préférence) rather ; ( = à la place) instead• ne lis pas ce livre, prends plutôt celui-ci don't read that book, take this one instead• plutôt que de me regarder, viens m'aider instead of just watching me, come and help• plutôt mourir (que de...) ! I'd sooner die (than...)!b. ( = plus exactement) rather• ... ou plutôt, c'est ce qu'il pense... or rather that's what he thinksc. ( = assez) [chaud, bon] quite• il remange, c'est plutôt bon signe he's eating again - that's quite a good sign• un homme brun, plutôt petit a dark-haired man, somewhat on the short side• qu'est-ce qu'il est pénible ! -- ah oui, plutôt ! (inf) what a pain in the neck he is! (inf) -- you said it! (inf)* * *plyto1) ( de préférence) rather2) ( au lieu de) insteadplutôt mourir (que d'accepter)! — I'd rather ou sooner die (than accept)!
3) ( plus précisément) ratherelle est blonde ou plutôt châtain clair — she's got blond, or rather light brown hair
4) ( ayant une valeur intensive) rather‘tu prends des vacances cet été?’ - ‘plutôt oui (colloq)!’ — ‘are you taking a vacation this summer?’ - ‘too right (colloq)!’ ou ‘you bet (colloq)!’
* * *plyto advL'eau est plutôt froide. — The water's rather cold.
Elle est plutôt jolie. — She's quite pretty.
Demande-leur plutôt de venir avec toi. — Ask them to come with you instead.
Invite Marie plutôt que Nathalie. — Invite Marie rather than Nathalie.
* * *plutôt adv1 ( de préférence) rather; je préfère t'appeler plutôt que (de) t'écrire I'd rather phone you than write to you; pourquoi lui plutôt qu'un autre? why him rather than anybody else?; mangez des produits frais plutôt que surgelés eat fresh products rather than frozen ones; prenez les cachets plutôt avant les repas take the tablets preferably before eating; passe plutôt le matin call round GB ou come by US in the morning preferably;2 ( au lieu de) instead; plutôt mourir (que d'accepter)! I'd rather ou sooner die (than accept)!; demande plutôt à Corinne ask Corinne instead; prends plutôt celui-là take that one instead; ne viens pas demain, viens plutôt après-demain don't come tomorrow, make it the day after; j'ai plutôt tendance à ne pas m'en faire/grossir I'm more the kind not to worry/to put on weight; il aurait plutôt tendance à croire le contraire he'd tend to think the opposite; tout plutôt que de vivre ici anything but live here; plutôt que de rêvasser, aide-moi instead of daydreaming why don't you help me?;3 ( plus précisément) rather; elle est blonde ou plutôt châtain clair she's got blond, or rather light brown hair; dis plutôt que tu n'as pas envie de le faire why don't you just say that you don't want to do it?; c'est plutôt une corvée qu'un plaisir it's a chore rather than a pleasure; il n'est pas timide mais plutôt réservé, il est plutôt réservé que timide he's more reserved than shy, he's reserved rather than shy;4 ( ayant une valeur intensive) rather; plutôt agréable/décevant/gêné rather nice/disappointing/embarrassed; la nouvelle a été plutôt bien/mal accueillie the news went down rather well/ badly; ‘tu prends des vacances cet été?’-‘plutôt oui○!’ ‘are you taking a vacation this summer?’-‘too right○!’, ‘you bet○!’[plyto] adverbe1. [de préférence] rather[à la place] insteadmets mon manteau plutôt, tu auras plus chaud put my coat on instead, you'll be warmerplutôt que rather than, instead ofplutôt que de travailler, je vais aller faire des courses I'm going to do some shopping instead of working2. [plus précisément] ratherla situation n'est pas désespérée, disons plutôt qu'elle est délicate the situation is not hopeless, let's say rather that it is delicatece n'était pas une maison de campagne, mais plutôt un manoir it wasn't a country house, it was more of a country manor4. [en intensif]il est idiot, ce film! — plutôt, oui! it's stupid, this film! — you can say that again ou you're telling me! -
31 tardiusculus
tardiusculus adj. dim. [tardus], somewhat slow, rather stupid: servus, T. -
32 nanar
I.n. m. (also: nanard):1. 'Nincompoop', 'twit', imbecile.2. (pl.): End-of- season lines, and goods somewhat past their prime which only a super salesman could flog.II.adj. (also: nanard):1. (of person): 'Soft', stupid, rather silly.2. Uninspiring, lacking charisma.3. 'Worthless', of little value. -
33 валять дурака
валять (ломать, корчить) дурака (ваньку)разг., неодобр.1) тж. повалять дурака (дурачиться, паясничать, потешать кого-либо своими выходками) play the fool; act (play) the ape (the monkey, the giddy goat); tomfool; kid aroundВечером все были невероятно смущены, только Карабанов валял дурака и вертелся между кроватями, как бес. (А. Макаренко, Педагогическая поэма) — In the evening everyone seemed extraordinarily embarrassed - Karabanov alone playing the fool, and twisting about between the beds like one possessed.
Тимофеев чуть дурачился, он любил чуточку повалять дурака в затянувшемся разговоре. (Ю. Сбитнев, Костёр в белой ночи) — Timofeyev was playing the fool a bit. He liked to do this when the talk seemed somewhat long drawn out.
2) тж. свалять дурака (ваньку) (делать глупости, поступать не так, как следует) do a foolish (stupid) thing; act the assСмирнов.
Да-с! Было время, когда я ломал дурака, миндальничал, медоточил, рассыпался бисером, шаркал ногами. (А. Чехов, Медведь) — Smirnov. Yes, my dear lady. Time was when I used to prance round them like a fool, idolise them, pamper them, flatter them, bow and scrape to them.3) (притворяться глупым, непонимающим, истеричным и т. п.) act (play) the fool (the ass); make a scene; go off into hystericsЮжин вышел из-за стола, оглядел Тулина со всех сторон, словно примериваясь. - Не валяйте ваньку, со мной эти фокусы не пройдут. (Д. Гранин, Иду на грозу) — Yuzhin came out from behind his desk and surveyed Tulin from all angles, as though measuring him up. 'Don't play the fool, man. It won't work with me.'
4) только в форме валять дурака (ваньку) (бездельничать, праздно проводить время) play the fool; fool about; kid around; idle; loafУправляющий оглядел толпу. Холодно, властно и угрожающе выпрямился. - Ну, довольно! Принимайтесь за работу! Я пришёл к вам не шутки шутить. Будете дурака валять - все убытки на вас навалю. (Ф. Гладков, Вольница) — The manager surveyed the crowd and drew himself up in a cold, threatening attitude. 'That will do! Get to work! I didn't come out here to joke. If you go on playing the fool, I'll make you pay all the losses.'
Другие в это время купались в реке, загорали, ловили бабочек, валяли дурака... (А. Рекемчук, Мальчики) — Meanwhile the others would be swimming in the nearby river and sunbathing, catching butterflies or just fooling about...
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34 frigidiusculus
frīgĭdĭuscŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [frigidus], somewhat frigid:alia quoque ibidem congerit frigidiuscula,
rather flat, stupid, Gell. 3, 10, 16.
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