- few
- fju:
adjective, pronoun(not many; a very small number of: Few people visit me nowadays; every few minutes (= very frequently); Such opportunities are few.) pocos- a few- few and far between
few adj pron pocothere are few frogs in this lake hay pocas ranas en este lagoa few unos cuantos / algunoscan I ask you a few questions? ¿puedo hacerte algunas preguntas?a few days unos cuantos díasquite a few bastantehe wrote quite a few books escribió bastantes librosfewtr[fjʊː]adjective1 (not many) poco,-a, pocos,-as■ few people poca gente■ very few cars muy pocos coches2 (some) uno,-as cuantos,-as, algunos,-as■ a few days ago hace unos días■ a few friends algunos amigos■ in the next few days dentro de unos díaspronoun1 (not many) pocos,-as■ many try but few succeed muchos lo intentan pero pocos lo consiguen■ the few who were there enjoyed themselves los pocos que asistieron lo pasaron bien2 (some) unos,-as cuantos,-as, algunos,-as■ a few of them algunos de ellos■ there are a few left quedan unos cuantos\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLa good few un buen númeroas few as solamentefew and far between poquísimos,-as, contadísimos,-as, muy escasos,-asno fewer than no menos dequite a few un buen número, bastantes■ there were quite a few people there había bastante genteto have had a few too many haber tomado una copa de másthe chosen few los elegidos nombre masculino pluralfew ['fju:] adj: pocoswith few exceptions: con pocas excepcionesa few times: varias vecesfew pron1) : pocosfew (of them) were ready: pocos estaban listos2)a few : algunos, unos cuantos3)few and far between : contadosfewadj.• algunos adj.• poco, -a adj.• pocos adj.• unos adj.adv.• pocos adv.pron.• algunos pron.• pocos pron.• unos pron.
I fjuːadjective -er, -esta) (not many) pocos, -casfew people know about this — lo sabe poca gente, lo saben pocos
the o what few chances I had — las pocas posibilidades que tenía
there were six books too few — faltaban seis libros
every few days — cada pocos días
the last few days have been difficult — estos últimos días han sido difíciles
there were fewer people than usual — había menos gente que de costumbre
fewer and fewer trains stop here — cada vez paran menos trenes aquí
b)a few — (some)
a few people complained — algunos se quejaron/bastante gente se quejó
I've been there a few times — he estado allí unas cuantas veces
there are quite a few mistakes — hay bastantes faltas
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pronoun -er, -esta) (not many) pocos, -caswe have too few to go around — no tenemos suficientes para todos
the privileged few — la minoría privilegiada
as few as 30% pass first time — tan sólo un 30% aprueba a la primera
fewer than 200 tickets have been sold — se han vendido menos de 200 entradas
to be few and far between: good beaches are few and far between — las playas buenas son contadísimas
b)a few — (some)
a few objected — algunos se opusieron
all but a few — casi todos
a good few o quite a few already know — ya lo saben bastantes
there are still quite a few left — todavía quedan unos cuantos
a few of us complained — algunos (de nosotros) nos quejamos
he's had a few (too many) — (colloq) se ha tomado unas cuantas
[fjuː]ADJ PRON (compar fewer) (superl fewest)1) (=not many) pocos(-as)few books — pocos libros
few of them — pocos (de ellos)
only a few — solo unos pocos
only a few of them came — solo vinieron unos pocos
there are very few of us, we are very few — somos muy pocos
few (people) managed to do it — muy pocos consiguieron hacerlo
the few who ... — los pocos que ...
she is one of the few (people) who ... — ella es una de los pocos que ...
such men are few — hay pocos hombres así
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as few as three of them — nada más que tres•
every few weeks — cada dos o tres semanas•
with few exceptions — con pocas excepciones•
they are few and far between — son contados•
the lucky few — unos pocos or unos cuantos afortunados•
in or over the next few days — en or durante los próximos días, en estos días (LAm)•
in or over the past few days — en or durante los últimos días•
the last or remaining few minutes — el poco tiempo que queda/quedaba•
too few — demasiado pocosthere were three too few — faltaban tres
2) (=some, several)a few — algunos
a good few, quite a few — bastantes
a good few or quite a few (people) came — vinieron bastantes, vino bastante gente
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he'd had a few (drinks) * — llevaba ya una copa de más•
a few more — algunos más(in) a few more days — dentro de unos pocos días
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a few of them — algunos de ellos* * *
I [fjuː]adjective -er, -esta) (not many) pocos, -casfew people know about this — lo sabe poca gente, lo saben pocos
the o what few chances I had — las pocas posibilidades que tenía
there were six books too few — faltaban seis libros
every few days — cada pocos días
the last few days have been difficult — estos últimos días han sido difíciles
there were fewer people than usual — había menos gente que de costumbre
fewer and fewer trains stop here — cada vez paran menos trenes aquí
b)a few — (some)
a few people complained — algunos se quejaron/bastante gente se quejó
I've been there a few times — he estado allí unas cuantas veces
there are quite a few mistakes — hay bastantes faltas
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pronoun -er, -esta) (not many) pocos, -caswe have too few to go around — no tenemos suficientes para todos
the privileged few — la minoría privilegiada
as few as 30% pass first time — tan sólo un 30% aprueba a la primera
fewer than 200 tickets have been sold — se han vendido menos de 200 entradas
to be few and far between: good beaches are few and far between — las playas buenas son contadísimas
b)a few — (some)
a few objected — algunos se opusieron
all but a few — casi todos
a good few o quite a few already know — ya lo saben bastantes
there are still quite a few left — todavía quedan unos cuantos
a few of us complained — algunos (de nosotros) nos quejamos
he's had a few (too many) — (colloq) se ha tomado unas cuantas
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.
