menos
A1#164Hear it
adverb
- less
- least
determiner
- less, fewer
- least, fewest
preposition
- minus
- except, besides
conjunction
- except, besides
noun
- minus sign
Forms
noun
| plural | menos |
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Used in the library
- Hace pan todos los días menos el domingo.He makes bread every day except Sunday.A1Los oficios del barrio — The trades of the neighbourhood
- Me queda grande. ¿Tiene una talla menos?It is too big for me. Do you have a size smaller?A1Los colores y la ropa — Colours and clothes
- El paquete pesa una libra y media, más o menos.The parcel weighs a pound and a half, more or less.A2Otra vez, por favor (9) — Once more, please (9) (A2)
- Una canción cuesta más o menos lo mismo que una cena sencilla.One song costs about the same as a simple dinner.A2Los mariachis de Garibaldi — The Mariachis of Garibaldi Square
Other ways to say it
Idioms you will actually hear
- echar de menosto miss somebodyLiterally to throw of less, which explains nothing. Latin America says extrañar instead.