menos

(Anglès)

Adv

less

Prep

except, but

Noun

1. (invariable, masculine) minus
2. (invariable, masculine) less

Noun

the minority of a collective

Oposat a

máis

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

[ˈmenʊs]

Etimologia (Anglès)

Manllevat de llatí: minus

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese menos, which displaced the semi-learned form mẽos, learned borrowing from Latin minus comparative of parum.

Frases

É , cando menos , unha peza política importante .

It is, at the very least, an important political issue.

Primeiro , porque temos menos contacto entre nós , se non temos traballo , non nos vemos .

First, because we have less contact with each other, if we don't have work, we don't see each other.

Pero tamén outras menos sutís.

But there are other, less subtle ones as well.

A República Checa ten unha das poboacións menos relixiosas da Terra .

The Czech Republic has one of the least religious populations on earth.

Conta polo menos cun par de exemplos de hórreos de tipo O Pino .

It contains at least a couple of examples of owl-like owls.

As temperaturas son menos extremas e as precipitacións son máis abundantes .

Temperatures are less extreme and precipitation is more abundant.