slightly

slightly
adverb
1) (to a small extent: I'm still slightly worried about it.) ligeramente
2) (slenderly: slightly built.) frágilmente
slightly adv un poco / ligeramente
this one is slightly bigger éste es un poco más grande
slightly
tr['slaɪtlɪ]
adverb
1 (a little) ligeramente, un poco, algo
■ serve slightly chilled sírvase ligeramente frío
■ he's slightly taller es un poco más alto
■ I know him slightly apenas lo conozco
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to be slightly built ser de complexión menuda
slightly ['slaɪtli] adv
: ligeramente, un poco
slightly
adv.
• ligeramente adv.
• un poco adv.
'slaɪtli
adverb
1) (a little) <improve/change> ligeramente, levemente, un poco; <rain/snow> ligeramente; <different> ligeramente

it will sting slightly — te va a escocer un poco

I know him only slightly — apenas si lo conozco

2) (slimly)

slightly built — de complexión delgada or menuda

['slaɪtlɪ]
ADV
1) (=a little) [different, uneasy, deaf, damp, damaged] ligeramente, un poco; [rise, fall, improve] ligeramente, levemente, un poco; [change, cool, rain] ligeramente, un poco

• slightly better — algo mejor, un poco mejor

• he hesitated ever so slightly — vaciló apenas un poco

• she was slightly injured — resultó levemente herida

• slightly less — un poco menos

• he looks slightly like James Dean — guarda un ligero parecido con James Dean, se parece un poco a James Dean

• slightly more — un poco más

• "do you know him?" - "only slightly" — -¿lo conoces? -solo un poco

• it smells slightly of vanilla — huele un poco a vainilla, tiene un ligero olor a vainilla

2) (=slenderly)

• slightly built — delgado, menudo, de constitución delgada or menuda

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['slaɪtli]
adverb
1) (a little) <improve/change> ligeramente, levemente, un poco; <rain/snow> ligeramente; <different> ligeramente

it will sting slightly — te va a escocer un poco

I know him only slightly — apenas si lo conozco

2) (slimly)

slightly built — de complexión delgada or menuda


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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