poca nell'Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Traduzioni di poca nel dizionario spagnolo»inglese

poco¹ AVV

es muy poco agradecido

he is very ungrateful

es muy poco agradecido

he isn't at all grateful

es un autor muy poco conocido

he is a very little-known author

me resultó poco interesante

I didn't find it very interesting

me resultó poco interesante

I found it rather uninteresting

habla poco

he doesn't say much o a lot

duerme poquísimo

she sleeps very little

duerme poquísimo

she doesn't sleep very much

viene muy poco por aquí

he hardly ever comes around

poco y nada me ayudaron

they hardly helped me at all

… con lo poco que le gusta el arroz

… and he doesn't even like rice

poco² (poca) AGG

poco (poca) (con sustantivos no numerables)

little

poco (poca) (en plural)

few

muy poco vino

very little wine

muy pocos niños

very few children

hemos tenido muy poca suerte

we've been very unlucky

hemos tenido muy poca suerte

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

tengo muy poca ropa

I have very few clothes

a poca gente se le presenta esa oportunidad

not many people get that opportunity

hay muy pocas mujeres en el gremio

there are very few women in the trade

éramos demasiado pocos

there were too few of us

éramos demasiado pocos

there weren't enough of us

fue asombroso, todo lo que te pueda decir es poco

it was amazing, I can't begin to tell you

a esta mujer todo le parece poco

this woman is never satisfied

me he olvidado del poco francés/de las pocas palabras que sabía

I've forgotten the little French/the few words I knew

le dio unos pocos pesos

she gave him a few pesos

poco³ (poca) PRON

1. poco (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 much

sírvele poco, desayunó muy tarde

don't give him (too) much, he had a late breakfast

por 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 in

se conforma con poco

he's easily satisfied

poco faltó para que me pegara

he nearly hit me

poco y nada saqué en limpio de lo que dijo

what he said made little or no sense to me

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 o we have very few left

es un profesor como pocos

there aren't many teachers like him

pocos pueden permitirse ese lujo

not many people can afford to do that

2. poco:

poco (refiriéndose a tiempo) lo vi hace poco

I saw him recently o not long ago

hace muy poco que lo conoce

she hasn't known him for very long

hace muy poco que lo conoce

she's only known him a little while

tardó poco en pintar la cocina

it didn't take him long to paint the kitchen

falta poco para las navidades

it's not long till Christmas

falta poco para las navidades

Christmas isn't far off

a poco de terminar el bombardeo

soon o shortly after the bombing stopped

dentro de poco sale otro tren

there'll be another train soon o shortly

poco antes de que ella se fuera

a short while o shortly before she left

3.1. poco:

poco (poca) (refiriéndose a cantidades)

a little

poco (poca) (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

descansemos un poco

let's have a little rest

espera un poquito

wait a little while

todavía le duele un poquitín o poquitito

it still hurts him a little

3.2. poco:

(un poco de) ponle un poco de pimienta/vino

add a little (bit of) pepper/wine

tiene un poco de fiebre

he has a slight fever

tiene un poco de fiebre

he has a bit of a temperature o a slight temperature ingl brit

come un poco de jamón

have a bit of o some o a little ham

3.3. poco:

un poco (hasta cierto punto), es un poco lo que está pasando en Japón

it's rather like what's happening in Japan

un poco porque me dio lástima

partly because I felt sorry for him

3.4. poco (un poco + adj/adv):

un poco caro/tarde

a bit o a little expensive/late

me 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 little

4. poco en locs:

a poco Mess, ¿a poco no lees los periódicos?

don't you read the newspapers?

¡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!

de a poco AmLat

gradually

agrégale la leche de a poquito

add the milk gradually o a little at a time

de a poquito se lo fue comiendo

little by little o slowly she ate it all up

(en poco) en poco estuvo que nos ganaran

they came very close to beating us

(en poco) en poco estuvo que nos ganaran

they very nearly beat us

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 me crees capaz de eso

you can't think very highly o much of me if you think I could do such a thing

poco a poco o Mess a poquito

gradually

poco a poco la fueron arreglando

they gradually fixed it up

poco a poco la fueron arreglando

they fixed it up little by little

poco más o menos

approximately

poco más o menos

roughly

habrán gastado unos dos millones, poco más o menos

they must have spent in the neighborhood of two million

habrán gastado unos dos millones, poco más o menos

they must have spent in the region of two million ingl brit

poco menos que

nearly

es poco menos que imposible

it's well-nigh o almost o very nearly impossible

le pegó una paliza que poco menos que la mata colloq

he gave her such a beating he almost o nearly killed her

poco menos que los echan a patadas colloq

they practically kicked them out

por poco

nearly

por poco nos descubren

we were nearly found out

Traduzioni di poca nel dizionario inglese»spagnolo

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inhospitably

poco hospitalariamente

inhospitably

con poca hospitalidad

inexpertly

con poca pericia

inexpertly

con poca habilidad

small-time

de poca monta

small-time

de poca importancia

uninformative

poco informativo

he was very uninformative

aportó muy poca información

shallowness (of water)

poca profundidad f

stiltedly

con poca naturalidad

underpowered

con poca potencia

poca nel dizionario PONS

Traduzioni di poca nel dizionario spagnolo»inglese

poco (-a) <poquísimo> AGG

poco (-a)

little

pocos

few

aquí hay poca comida para dos personas

there's not much food here for two people

hay pocas colecciones mejores que ésta

there are few collections better than this one

tiene pocas probabilidades de aprobar

he has little chance of passing

I.poco SOST m

1. poco (cantidad):

un poco de azúcar

a little sugar

acepta el poco de dinero que te puedo dar

accept what little money I can give you

espera un poco

wait a little

2. poco pl:

poco

few

pocos de los presentes lo sabían

few of those present knew it

los pocos que vinieron...

the few who came ...

es un envidioso como hay pocos

there are few people who are as jealous as him

II.poco AVV

poco

little

escribir poco

to write little

es poco simpático

he is not very friendly

nos da poco más o menos lo mismo

it really doesn't make much difference to us

poco a poco

bit by bit

poco a poco

little by little

poco a poco dejamos de creerle

we gradually stopped believing him

a poco de llegar...

shortly after arriving ...

poco después

shortly afterwards

dentro de poco

soon

desde hace poco

since recently

hace poco

recently

hace poco

not long ago

a/con/por poco que se esfuerce lo conseguirá

with a little bit of effort he/she will get it

por poco me estrello

I very nearly crashed

tener en poco a alguien

to have a low opinion of sb

y por si fuera poco...

and as if that wasn't enough ...

poco AVV

Contributo di un utente

de a poco (poco a poco)

gradually

Traduzioni di poca nel dizionario inglese»spagnolo

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small beer

poca cosa

dowdy

poco atractivo, -a

to wear dowdy clothes

vestir con poca gracia

scant attention

poca atención

poor visibility

poca visibilidad

small-time

de poca monta

shallowness

poca profundidad f

unhelpful

de poca ayuda

poca Esempi dal dizionario PONS (verificati dalla Redazione)

con mucha/poca voluntad

willingly/unwillingly

tener mucha/poca voluntad

to have a lot of/not very much will-power

aquí hay poca comida para dos personas

there's not much food here for two people

este cómico tiene poca gracia

this comedian isn't very funny

tener mucha/poca experiencia

to have a lot of/little experience

tener poca sal en la mollera colloq

to be a bit dim

él me enseñó la poca química que sé

he taught me the little I know about chemistry

artículo m que tiene mucha/poca demanda

good/poor seller

tener a alguien en gran/poca estima

to hold sb in high/low esteem

a poca distancia de la costa

offshore