Portuguese | English |
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pouco determiner | little(small amount) |
pouco adjective | little [littler, littlest](small in number, few) |
pouco adverb | little(not much) |
pouco noun {m} | spot [spots](small amount) |
pouco a pouco adverb | gradually(in gradual manner) little by little(a small amount at a time) step by step(gradually) |
pouco ortodoxo adjective | unorthodox(unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic) |
poucos noun | couple [couples](a small number of) |
poucos determiner {m} | few(indefinite, usually small number) |
a pouco e pouco preposition | by degrees(in gradual steps) |
agora há pouco adverb | just now(very close to the present moment) |
aos poucos adverb | little by little(a small amount at a time) piecemeal(piece by piece) |
colocar pouco esforço em algo verb {m} | phone in(to fulfill a responsibility with a minimum effort) |
de pouco em pouco adverb | bit by bit(small amount at a time) |
esperar um pouco verb | hold on(wait a minute) |
fazer pouco verb | underestimate [underestimated, underestimating, underestimates](to perceive as having lower value) |
movimentar-se pouco a pouco OR movimentar-se aos poucos verb | inch [inched, inching, inches](to move very slowly) |
muito cacique para pouco índio phrase | too many chiefs and not enough Indians(too many leaders or managers and not enough people doing useful work) |
por pouco adverb | just(by a narrow margin, nearly) narrowly(closely; by a narrow margin) |
tampouco adverb | either((after a negative) as well) neither(similarly not) |
um pouco pronoun | a few(a small number of things) |
um pouco determiner | some(unspecified amount of) |
um pouco adverb | a little(to a small extent or degree) slightly(to a small extent or degree) |
um pouco de pronoun | some(indefinite amount, part) |
um pouco de noun {m} | modicum [modicums](modest, small, or trifling amount) |