pouco

Pron

1. (masculine) little of something
2. (masculine) a short while

Det

little; few (not many)

Adv

1. little (not much or not often)
2. for a short duration
3. (archaic) small

Opposite of

bastante, muito

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpo(w).ku/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: paucus

Cognate with Galician: pouco

Cognate with Spanish: poco

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pouco, from Latin paucus, from Proto-Italic *paukos, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few”, “little”). Compare Galician pouco and Spanish poco.

Concepts

little

few

🤏

spot

bit

scintilla

shade

shred

slight

small

smidgen

smidgeon

smidgin

sparse

tittle

wee

whit

a trifle

small amount

a large number of

a bit

smidge

a little

barely

iota

Synonyms

poucos

pequeno

pingo

um

1

um tanto

reduzido

um pouco de

fragmento

um pouquinho

Sentences

Um pouco a cada dia é muito em um ano .

A little every day is a lot in a year.

Pobre daquele que muito escuta , mas pouco ouve ...

Poor one who listens a lot, but hears little...

Para quem pouco é gasto , pouco é suficiente .

For those who spend little, little is enough.

Depois tirou da mochila uma garrafa de vinho e bebeu um pouco .

Then he took a bottle of wine out of his backpack and drank some.

Como eles conseguiram improvisar em tão pouco tempo , ela nunca saberá .

How they managed to improvise in such a short time, she will never know.

Até mesmo os guias falavam muito pouco um com o outro .

Even the guides spoke very little to each other.