what little money he has

what more do you want? — was willst du [noch] mehr?

what kind of man is he? — was für ein Mensch ist er?

we can dispose of what difficulties there are remaining — wir können die verbleibenden Schwierigkeiten ausräumen

lend me what money you can — leih mir soviel Geld, wie du kannst

I will give you what help I can — ich werde dir helfen, so gut ich kann

what do I care? — was kümmert's mich?

what does it matter? — was macht's?

what with... — wenn man an... denkt

what with changing jobs and moving house I haven't had time to do any studying — da ich eine neue Stellung angetreten habe und umgezogen bin, hatte ich keine Zeit zum Lernen

what is your name? — wie heißt du/heißen Sie?

what about a game of chess? — wie wär's mit einer Partie Schach?

what to do? — was tun?

what-d'you-[ma-] call-him/-her/-it, what's-his/-her/-its-name — wie heißt er/sie/es noch

what for? — wozu?

and/or what have you — und/oder was sonst noch [alles]

what if...? — was ist, wenn...?

what not — wer weiß was alles

what of it? — was ist dabei?; was soll [schon] dabei sein?

[and] what then? — [na] und?

or what? — oder was?

you did what? — was hast du gemacht?

what is the use in trying/the point of going on? — wozu [groß] versuchen/weitermachen?

this is what I mean:... — ich meine Folgendes:...

what is more — außerdem

what she must have suffered! — wie sie gelitten haben muss!

what's the weather like? — wie ist das Wetter?

you need (a) what? — WAS brauchen Sie?

what is it now?, what do you want now? — was ist denn?

what's that to you? — was geht dich das an?

what's that tool for? —

what did you do that for? — warum hast du denn das gemacht?

what about...? —

well, what about it? are we going? — na, wie ists, gehen wir?

you know that restaurant? – what about it? — kennst du das Restaurant? – was ist damit?

what if...? — was ist, wenn...?

what does it matter? — was macht das schon?

he knows what it is to suffer — er weiß, was leiden heißt or ist

that is not what I asked for — danach habe ich nicht gefragt

that's exactly what I want/said — genau das möchte ich/habe ich gesagt

do you know what you are looking for? — weißt du, wonach du suchst?

come what may — komme was wolle

what I'd like is a cup of tea — was ich jetzt gerne hätte, (das) wäre ein Tee

what with work and the new baby, life's been very hectic — die ganze Arbeit, das Baby ist da - es ist alles sehr hektisch

what with one thing and the other — und wie es sich dann so ergab/ergibt, wie das so ist or geht

and what's more — und außerdem, und noch dazu

(with vb +prep see also there) what did he agree to? — wozu hat er zugestimmt?

what did he object to? — wogegen or gegen was hat er Einwände erhoben?

he didn't know what he was agreeing/objecting to — er wusste nicht, wozu er zustimmte/was er ablehnte

she fell in with what everyone else wanted — sie schloss sich den Wünschen der Allgemeinheit an

what book do you want? — was für ein Buch wollen Sie?

what little I had — das wenige, das ich hatte

buy what food you like — kauf das Essen, das du willst

(in set constructions) what sort of — was für ein/eine

what else — was noch

what more could a girl ask for? — was könnte sich ein Mädchen sonst noch wünschen

what luck! — welch(es) Glück, was für ein Glück, so ein Glück

what a fool I've been/I am! — ich Idiot!

what terrible weather — was für ein scheußliches Wetter

what book did you choose? — welches Buch hast du ausgesucht?

what men/money has he? — wie viele Leute/wieviel Geld hat er?

I know what time it starts — ich weiß, um wieviel Uhr es anfängt

what more can I do/say? — was kann ich sonst noch tun/sagen?

what more do you want? — was willst du [noch] mehr?

what kind of man is he? — was für ein Mensch ist er?

we can dispose of what difficulties there are remaining — wir können die verbleibenden Schwierigkeiten ausräumen

lend me what money you can — leih mir soviel Geld, wie du kannst

I will give you what help I can — ich werde dir helfen, so gut ich kann

what do I care? — was kümmert's mich?

what does it matter? — was macht's?

what with... — wenn man an... denkt

what with changing jobs and moving house I haven't had time to do any studying — da ich eine neue Stellung angetreten habe und umgezogen bin, hatte ich keine Zeit zum Lernen

what is your name? — wie heißt du/heißen Sie?

what about a game of chess? — wie wär's mit einer Partie Schach?

what to do? — was tun?

what-d'you-[ma-] call-him/-her/-it, what's-his/-her/-its-name — wie heißt er/sie/es noch

what for? — wozu?

and/or what have you — und/oder was sonst noch [alles]

what if...? — was ist, wenn...?

what not — wer weiß was alles

what of it? — was ist dabei?; was soll [schon] dabei sein?

what say we have a rest? — was hältst du davon, wenn wir mal Pause machen?; wie wär's mit einer Pause?

[I'll] tell you what — weißt du, was; pass mal auf

[and] what then? — [na] und?

or what? — oder was?

so what? — na und?

you did what? — was hast du gemacht?

what is the use in trying/the point of going on? — wozu [groß] versuchen/weitermachen?

do what I tell you — tu, was ich dir sage

what little I know/remember — das bisschen, das ich weiß/an das ich mich erinnere

this is what I mean:... — ich meine Folgendes:...

what is more — außerdem

the weather being what it is... — so, wie es mit dem Wetter aussieht,...

for what it is — in seiner Art

what she must have suffered! — wie sie gelitten haben muss!

I'll tell you what — tu sais quoi

to know what's what — s'y connaître

a lovely little dog — un perrito precioso

a little old lady — una viejecita

a little while — un ratito

my little sister/brother — mi hermanita/hermanito

you poor little thing! — pobrecito!

there is very little bread left — queda muy poco pan

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

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

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

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

a little — ( some) un poco de

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

there was little to do — había poco que hacer

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

the little that she earns — lo poco que gana

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

little by little — poco a poco

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

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

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

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

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

a little — ( some) un poco, algo

she ate a little — comió algo or un poco

he goes out very little — sale muy poco

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

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

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

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

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

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

a little — ( somewhat) un poco

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

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

she had a little girl yesterday — ayer tuvo una niñita

when I was little — cuando era pequeña, de pequeña

a little walk — un paseo corto

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

a little house — una casita

a little girl — una niñita, una chiquita

a little fish — un pececillo, un pececito

a little sip — un sorbito

her little brother — su hermano menor, su hermanito

he knows little — sabe poco

to see/do little — ver/hacer poco

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

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

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

to spend little or nothing — gastar poco o nada

too little too late — muy poco y muy tarde

give me a little — dame un poco

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

a little more slowly — un poco más despacio

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

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

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

a little wine — un poco de vino

I speak a little Spanish — hablo un poco de español

he reads little — lee poco

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

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

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

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

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

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

a lovely little dog — un perrito precioso

a little old lady — una viejecita

a little while — un ratito

my little sister/brother — mi hermanita/hermanito

you poor little thing! — pobrecito!

there is very little bread left — queda muy poco pan

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

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

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

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

a little — ( some) un poco de

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

there was little to do — había poco que hacer

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

the little that she earns — lo poco que gana

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

little by little — poco a poco

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

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

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

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

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

a little — ( some) un poco, algo

she ate a little — comió algo or un poco

he goes out very little — sale muy poco

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

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

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

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

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

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

a little — ( somewhat) un poco

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

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

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

too little money — troppo pochi soldi

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

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

a little of the money — un po' del denaro

the little I saw — quel poco che ho visto

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

he remembers very little — ricorda molto poco

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

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

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

to do as little as possible — fare il meno possibile

to know little about — saper(ne) poco di

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

little of note — poco di interessante

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

little or nothing — quasi nulla, praticamente niente

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

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

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

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

it's little short of madness — rasenta la pazzia

a little-known novel — un romanzo poco conosciuto

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

a little (bit) surprised — un po' sorpreso

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

I was not a little offended — ero non poco offeso

for as little as 10 dollars — per soli 10 dollari

I like Mary as little as you do — non mi piace Mary più di quanto piaccia a te

a little house — una piccola casa, una casetta

a little something — qualcosina, una cosina

poor little thing — poveretto

a little old lady — una vecchietta deliziosa

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

when I was little — quando ero piccolo, da piccolo

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

he's a little despot — è un piccolo despota

a nasty little boy — un ragazzino tremendo

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

stay a little while — rimani un po'

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

too little money — troppo pochi soldi

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

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

a little of the money — un po' del denaro

the little I saw — quel poco che ho visto

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

he remembers very little — ricorda molto poco

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

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

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

to do as little as possible — fare il meno possibile

to know little about — saper(ne) poco di

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

little of note — poco di interessante

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

little or nothing — quasi nulla, praticamente niente

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

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

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

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

it's little short of madness — rasenta la pazzia

a little-known novel — un romanzo poco conosciuto

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

a little (bit) surprised — un po' sorpreso

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

I was not a little offended — ero non poco offeso

for as little as 10 dollars — per soli 10 dollari

I like Mary as little as you do — non mi piace Mary più di quanto piaccia a te

a little house — una piccola casa, una casetta

a little something — qualcosina, una cosina

poor little thing — poveretto

a little old lady — una vecchietta deliziosa

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

when I was little — quando ero piccolo, da piccolo

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

he's a little despot — è un piccolo despota

a nasty little boy — un ragazzino tremendo

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

stay a little while — rimani un po'