menos
See also: ménos
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin minus.
Adverb
menos
- less
- Esti pueblu ye menos guapu que'l to. ― This town is less nice than that one.
- Antonym: más
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese menos, which displaced the semi-learned form mẽos, learned borrowing from Latin minus comparative of parum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmenʊs]
Adverb
menos
- less
- Antonym: máis
Preposition
menos
- except, but
- Vinche todos eses filmes menos o último ― I saw all that movies, except the last one
Noun
menos m (plural menos)
- (mathematics) minus
- less
Noun
menos m pl
- the minority of a collective
References
- “menos” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “menos” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “menos” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “menos” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “menos” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Further reading
- “menos” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Ladino
Adverb
menos (Latin spelling)
- less
- Synonym: manko
- (often with definite article) least
- Synonym: manko
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese menos, displacing collateral form mẽos, from Latin minus, neuter of minor (“lesser; smaller”), comparative of parvus (“small”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmẽ.nus/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈmẽ.nuʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈme.nos/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈme.nuʃ/
- Hyphenation: me‧nos
Adverb
menos (not comparable)
- 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.
- Antonym: mais
Preposition
menos
- except; but
- Li todos, menos o último. ― I read all, except the last one.
- Synonyms: exceto, fora
- (mathematics) minus (indicates subtraction)
- Três menos dois é um. ― Three minus two is one.
Pronoun
menos m or f (plural menos)
- 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.
- Antonym: mais
Usage notes
- Some use the feminine plural menas.
Noun
menos m (invariable)
- minus sign (the symbol −)
- Synonym: sinal de menos
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish menos, inherited from Latin minus, comparative of parum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmenos/ [ˈme.nos]
- Rhymes: -enos
- Syllabification: me‧nos
Adverb
menos
- less
- Antonym: más
- (often with definite article) least
- Antonym: más
Usage notes
- used in forming the comparative of adjectives.
- with the definite article, used in forming the superlative of adjectives.
Determiner
menos (plural menos)
- less, fewer
- Antonym: más
- least, fewest
- Antonym: más
Preposition
menos
- minus
- Dos menos uno son uno.
- Two minus one is one.
- except
Noun
menos m (plural menos)
- minus sign
Derived terms
- al menos
- a menos que
- cuanto menos, cuando menos
- echar de menos
- más o menos
- menos lobos, Caperucita
- menos mal
- menospreciar
- nada más y nada menos
- ni más ni menos
- por lo menos
- quien más, quien menos
- tener sus más y sus menos
- un día más un día menos
Further reading
- “menos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- minos
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish menos.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: me‧nos
- IPA(key): /ˈmenos/, [ˈme.nos]
Adjective
menos (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈᜓᜐ᜔)
- less; lacking; of less value
- Synonym: kulang
Derived terms
- imenos
- magmenos
- menos-gastos
- menos-menos
- menusin
References
- “menos”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018