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meno av 1. (= in minore misura) → less;
dovresti mangiare meno → you should eat less, you shouldn't eat so much;
è sempre meno facile → it's getting less and less easy;
ne voglio di meno → I don't want so much
2. [comparativo]: meno ... di → not as ... as, less ... than;
sono meno alto di te → I'm not as tall as you (are), I'm less tall than you (are);
meno ... che → not as ... as, less ... than;
meno che mai → less than ever;
è meno intelligente che ricco → he's more rich than intelligent;
meno fumo più mangio → the less I smoke the more I eat;
meno di quanto pensassi → less than I thought
3. [superlativo] → least;
il meno dotato degli studenti → the least gifted of the students;
è quello che compro meno spesso → it's the one I buy least often
4. (MAT) → minus;
8 meno 5 → 8 minus 5, 8 take away 5;
sono le 8 meno un quarto → it's a quarter to 8;
meno 5 gradi → 5 degrees below zero, minus 5 degrees;
mille euro in meno → a thousand euros less;
ha preso 6 meno (a scuola) → he scraped a pass;
cento euro meno le spese → a hundred euros minus o less expenses
5. (fraseologia): quanto meno poteva telefonare → he could at least have phoned;
non so se accettare o meno → I don't know whether to accept or not;
non essere da meno di → not to be outdone by;
fare a meno di qc/qn → to do without sth/sb;
non potevo fare a meno di ridere → I couldn't help laughing;
meno male! → thank goodness!;
meno male che sei arrivato → it's a good job that you've come ag inv [tempo, denaro] → less; [errori, persone] → fewer;
ha fatto meno errori di tutti → he made fewer mistakes than anyone, he made the fewest mistakes of all sm inv
1. il meno (il minimo) → the least;
parlare del più e del meno → to talk about this and that;
era il meno che ti potesse succedere → it was the least you could have expected
2. (MAT) → minus prep (eccetto) → except (for), apart from;
tutti meno lui → everybody apart from o except him;
a meno che, a meno di → unless;
a meno che non piova → unless it rains;
non posso, a meno di prendere ferie → I can't, unless I take some leave vedi anche più

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