mínimo in Spanish: minimum, minimal (adjective)

/ˈminimo/

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Translation

minimum, minimal

Word origin

From Latin minimus ('smallest, least'), the superlative of parvus ('small').

Origin: Latin
Root: minimus
English cognates: minimum, minimal, minimise

Grammar

Femininemínima

Masc pluralmínimos

Fem pluralmínimas

Examples

Minimum effort is not enough to pass.

We need a minimum of ten people.

Today's minimum temperature was five degrees.

He did the job at a minimal cost.

I haven't the faintest idea what you are talking about.

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This word is part of lesson 37.