less

Significado (Inglés)

Adv

1. (comparative, diminutive, form-of) comparative degree of little
2. (comparative, diminutive) Used for constructing syntactic diminutive comparatives of adjectives and adverbs.
3. (comparative, diminutive) To a smaller extent or degree.

Det

1. (comparative, form-of) comparative form of little: more little; of inferior size, degree or extent; smaller, lesser.
2. A smaller amount of; not as much.
3. (nonstandard, proscribed) Fewer; a smaller number of.

Prep

Minus; not including

Verb

To make less; to lessen.

Adj

Lesser; smaller.

Noun

A smaller amount or quantity.

Conj

unless

Verb

Alternative form of let's.

little

• Adj
• Adv
• Det
• Pron
• Noun

Leer más

Conceptos

menos

menor

sin

benjamín

de menos

que no tiene

Opuesto a

greater

Sinónimos

fewer

below

smaller

little

lesser

few

🤏

minus

without

younger

more

minor

least

inadequate

in the middle

small

decrease

under

reduce

to a lesser extent

inferior

still

still more

tenuous

weal

yet

youngest

the least

very little

-less

lessened by subtraction

a few

🤏

the slightest

after

beneath

decayed

decreased

deficient

either

except

exclusive of

further

furthermore

greater

lack

less than

lower

much less

scant

scanty

short

Traducciones

meno

weniger

moins

minder

minore

menos

menys

kleiner

min

moins de

abzüglich

daha az

weniger als

moins que

ohne

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/lɛs/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: les

Heredado de inglés antiguo: lǣs

Cognado con Old Frisian: lēs

Cognado con Old Saxon: lēs

Cognado con lituano: liesas

Heredado de inglés medio: lees

Heredado de inglés antiguo: lǣssa

Cognado con Old Frisian: lessa

Heredado de inglés medio: lessen

Heredado de inglés medio: lesse

In summary

Adverb From Middle English les, lesse, leasse, lasse, from Old English lǣs (“smaller, less”), from Proto-Germanic *laisiz, from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“to shrink, grow thin, be gentle”). Cognate with Old Frisian lēs (“less”), Old Saxon lēs (“less”). According to Kroonen (2013), from a northern Indo-European root Proto-Indo-European *leh₂is- or *leh₃is-, which he connects to Lithuanian liesas (“lean”).
Determiner and preposition from Middle English lees, lesse, leasse, lasse, from Old English lǣssa (“less”), from Proto-Germanic *laisizan-, from Proto-Germanic *laisiz (“smaller, lesser, fewer, lower”) (see above). Cognate with Old Frisian lessa (“less”).
Verb from Middle English lessen, from the determiner.
Noun from Middle English lesse, from the determiner.

Oraciones

He looked around at the empty plaza again , feeling less desperate than before .

Miró a su alrededor a la plaza vacía nuevamente, sintiéndose menos desesperado que antes.

Less often , longer works are referred to as novellas .

Con menos frecuencia, los trabajos más largos se denominan novelas.

In Britain it flowers less profusely and even has a reputation for being tender .

En Gran Bretaña fluye menos profusamente e incluso tiene la reputación de ser tiernas.

This tension together with some minor injuries made Souness less keen to keep him .

Esta tensión junto con algunas heridas leves hicieron que la sounes fuera menos interesada en mantenerlo.

It is generally less error-prone than using the built-in " switch to " command .

Generalmente es menos propenso a errores que usar el comando incorporado "Switch to".

High-efficiency detectors produce spectra in less time than low-efficiency detectors .

Los detectores de alta eficiencia producen espectros en menos tiempo que los detectores de baja eficiencia.