/ˈmenos/
Translation
less, fewer, minus, except
Word origin
From Latin minus ('less'), comparative neuter of minor ('smaller').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- minus
- English cognates
- minus, minor, minimum, minister
Examples
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Everyone went to the party except him.
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Try to spend less and put a little more aside each month.
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She could at least have called to let us know.
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Every day I have less patience with the traffic.
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It is a quarter to nine, we are going to be late.
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Stories
(10)A Paula le duele todo
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Cuanto más espero, peor
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El nuevo doctor de Paula
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Es importante que descanses
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Le echo de menos
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Menudo desastre
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Se me cayó todo
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Se vende la camioneta
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El primer día de Laura
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Los puestos del sábado
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Grammar articles
(10)Spanish Comparatives: más que, menos que, tan como and the Four Irregulars
Spanish Correlative Comparison: cuanto más... más, cada vez más, el doble
Spanish Time and Frequency Phrases: de vez en cuando, a menudo, de repente, poco a poco
Spanish Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2): The Things That Stop You at the Plateau
Spanish Ordinals, Fractions, Dates and Time (el primer día, media hora, son las tres y cuarto)
Spanish Prepositional Pronouns (para mí, conmigo, entre tú y yo)
Spanish Quantifiers: mucho, poco, demasiado, todo, cada (mucha gente vs trabaja mucho)
Spanish Set Phrases with tener, dar, hacer, echar (tener ganas, echar de menos, hacer falta)
The Spanish Subjunctive in Adverbial Clauses: Rules and Practice
Spanish Superlatives: El Mejor, El Más, and the -ísimo Ending
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