few

Significado (Inglés)

Det

1. An indefinite, but usually small, number of.
2. Not many; a small (in comparison with another number stated or implied) but somewhat indefinite number of.
3. Obscuring one to two oktas (eighths) of the sky.
4. (US?) Having a 10 percent chance of measurable precipitation (0.01 inch); used interchangeably with isolated.

Pron

Few people, few things.

Conceptos

poco

pocos

algunos

pocas

pequeño

rara

raro

un poco

unos

corto

un poquito

algo de

algo

contados

deficiente

insuficiente

limitado

mínimo

chico

delgado

escaso

menos

minoría

Sinónimos

little

some

several

small

not many

scarce

scanty

a little

sparse

rare

scant

bit

a little bit

less

not much

poor

small quantity

in short supply

thin

tiny

small amount

minority

meager

a bit

uncommon

meagre

limited

any

gaunt

trifling

many

couple

👫

tenuous

slight

a few

🤏

skimpy

seldom

lack

jot

insignificant

precious

short

infrequent

dispersed

indistinct

inadequate

dietetic

idle

humiliated

nothing much

Traducciones

peu

wenig

pochi

weinig

poco

pouco

poc

az

🤏

wenige

poucos

quelques

λίγοι

schraal

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/fjuː/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: fewe

Heredado de inglés antiguo: fēaw

Cognado con Old Saxon: fā

Cognado con alto alemán antiguo: fao

Cognado con nórdico antiguo: fár

Cognado con gótico: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍃

Cognado con latín: paucus

In summary

From Middle English fewe, from Old English fēaw (“few”), from Proto-West Germanic *fau, from Proto-Germanic *fawaz (“few”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”).
Cognate with Old Saxon fā (“few”), Old High German fao, fō (“few, little”), Old Norse fár (“few”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍃 (faus, “few”). Also related with Latin paucus (“little, few”) and pauper (“poor”), from which latter English poor and pauper; see these.

Oraciones

Have many acquaintances , but few friends .

Tener muchos conocidos, pero pocos amigos.

In those days , very few of the people had any idea about astronomy .

En aquellos días, muy pocas personas tenían idea sobre la astronomía.

The driver died the following day , and the stoker a few days after that .

El conductor murió al día siguiente y el Stoker unos días después de eso.

We got few vegetables and fruits , and became fish eaters .

Obtuvimos pocas verduras y frutas, y nos convertimos en comedores de pescado.

Wright , Mike Payne , Mary Holt and Ken Hawkins to name a few .

Wright, Mike Payne, Mary Holt y Ken Hawkins, por nombrar algunos.

There are only a few episodes that do not contain a summation .

Solo hay unos pocos episodios que no contienen una suma.