menos

See also: ménos

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin minus.

Adverb

menos

1. less

   Esti pueblu ye menos guapu que'l to.

   This town is less nice than that one.

Antonyms

• más

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin minus, comparative of parum.

Adverb

menos

1. less

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Ladino

Adverb

menos

1. less
2. (often with definite article) least

Synonyms

• manko

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese menos, displacing collateral form mẽos, from Latin minus, neuter of minor (“lesser; smaller”), comparative of parvus (“small”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈme.nuʃ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈme.nus/, /ˈme.nuʃ/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈme.nos/

Adverb

menos (not comparable)

1. less (in lower degree)

   Aqui é menos frio.

   Here is less cold.

   Se trabalhares menos, cansarás menos.

   If you work less, you will tire less.

Antonyms

• mais

Preposition

menos

1. except; but

   Li todos, menos o último.

   I read all, except the last one.

2. (mathematics) minus (indicates subtraction)

   Três menos dois é um.

   Three minus two is one.

Synonyms

• (except): fora, exceto

Pronoun

menos m or f (plural menos)

1. fewer (a smaller number of), less (a smaller size or significance of)

   Menos pessoas correm.

   Fewer people run.

   Atirou com menos precisão.

   He shot with less precision.

Usage notes

Some use the incorrect feminine plural menas.

Antonyms

• mais

Noun

menos m (plural menos)

1. minus sign (the symbol −)

Synonyms

• sinal de menos

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin minus, comparative of parum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmenos/

Adverb

menos

1. less
2. (often with definite article) least

Usage notes

• used in forming the comparative of adjectives.
• with the definite article, used in forming the superlative of adjectives.

Antonyms

• (less, least): más

Adjective

menos (plural menos)

1. less, fewer
2. least, fewest

Antonyms

• más

Preposition

menos

1. minus

   Dos menos uno son uno. ― Two minus one is one.

Noun

menos m (plural menos)

1. minus sign

Derived terms

• al menos
• a menos que
• cuanto menos
• echar de menos
• por lo menos
• más o menos
• menos mal
• menospreciar

Further reading

• “menos” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.