menos
Appearance
See also: ménos
Asturian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adverb
[edit]menos
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese menos, which displaced the semi-learned form mẽos, learned borrowing from Latin minus comparative of parum.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]menos
Preposition
[edit]menos
Noun
[edit]menos m (invariable)
Noun
[edit]menos m pl (plural only)
- the minority of a collective
References
[edit]- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “menos”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “menos”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “menos”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “menos”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “menos”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Further reading
[edit]- “menos”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
Ladino
[edit]Adverb
[edit]menos (Latin spelling)
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese menos, displacing collateral form mẽos, from Latin minus, neuter of minor (“lesser; smaller”), comparative of parvus (“small”).
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: me‧nos
Adverb
[edit]menos (not comparable)
- less (in lower degree)
- Antonym: mais
- Aqui é menos frio. ― Here is less cold.
- Se trabalhares menos, cansarás menos. ― If you work less, you will tire less.
Preposition
[edit]menos
- except; but
- (mathematics) minus (indicates subtraction)
- Três menos dois é um. ― Three minus two is one.
Pronoun
[edit]menos m or f (plural menos)
- fewer (a smaller number of), less (a smaller size or significance of)
- Antonym: mais
- Menos pessoas correm. ― Fewer people run.
- Atirou com menos precisão. ― He shot with less precision.
Usage notes
[edit]- Some use the feminine plural menas. It is only used in Brazil. Such usage is non-standard and highly proscribed.
Noun
[edit]menos m (invariable)
- minus sign (the symbol −)
- Synonym: sinal de menos
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Spanish menos, inherited from Latin minus, comparative of parum.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]menos
- less
- Antonym: más
- Camina menos rápido, por favor.
- Walk less quickly, please.
- (often with definite article) least
- Antonym: más
- Él come el menos de todos en la familia.
- He eats the least of everyone in the family.
Usage notes
[edit]- Used in forming the comparative of adjectives.
- With the definite article, used in forming the superlative of adjectives.
Determiner
[edit]menos (plural menos)
Preposition
[edit]menos
Noun
[edit]menos m (plural menos)
Derived terms
[edit]- a menos que
- al menos
- andar a tres menos cuartillo
- caso de menos valer
- cuanto menos, cuando menos
- echar de menos
- el día menos pensado
- ir a menos
- más o menos
- menos da una piedra
- menos de la cuenta
- menos lobos, Caperucita
- menos mal
- menospreciar
- nada más y nada menos
- nada menos
- nada y menos
- ni más ni menos
- ni mucho menos
- no poder menos
- no ser para menos
- poco más o menos
- por carta de menos
- por lo menos
- quien más, quien menos
- tanto menos que
- tener sus más y sus menos
- un día más un día menos
- venir a menos
Further reading
[edit]- “menos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Tagalog
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈmenos/ [ˈmɛː.n̪os]
- Rhymes: -enos
- Syllabification: me‧nos
Adjective
[edit]menos (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈᜓᜐ᜔)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “menos”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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