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poco

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poco, a, chi, che ag [quantità] → little, not much; [numero] → few, not many;
poco pane/denaro/spazio → little o not much bread/money/space;
con poca spesa → without spending much;
a poco prezzo → at a low price, cheap;
poco (tempo) fa → a short time ago;
poche persone/idee → few o not many people/ideas;
è un tipo di poche parole → he's a man of few words av
1. (= in piccola quantità) → little, not much;
(numero limitato) → few, not many;
guadagna poco → he doesn't earn much, he earns little
2. (con ag, av) → (a) little, not very;
è poco più vecchia di lui → she's a little o slightly older than him;
è poco socievole → he's not very sociable;
sta poco bene → he isn't very well
3. (tempo): poco dopo/prima → shortly afterwards/before;
il film dura poco → the film doesn't last very long;
ci vediamo molto poco → we don't see each other very often, we hardly ever see each other
4. un po' → a little, a bit;
è un po' corto → it's a little o a bit short;
arriverà fra un po' → he'll arrive shortly o in a little while
5. a dir poco → to say the least;
a poco a poco → little by little;
per poco non cadevo → I nearly fell;
è una cosa da poco → it's nothing, it's of no importance;
una persona da poco → a worthless person pron(a) little;
pochi, poche pron pl (persone) → few (people);
(cose) → few;
ci vediamo tra poco → see you soon;
pochi lo sanno → not many people know it;
ci vuole tempo ed io ne ho poco → it takes time, and I haven't got much to spare sm
1. little;
vive del poco che ha → he lives on the little he has
2. un po' → a little;
un po' di zucchero → a little sugar;
un bel po' di denaro → quite a lot of money;
un po' per ciascuno → a bit each

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