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menos.

less

5 characters2 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

adv/ˈmenos/[ˈmẽ.nos̺]
  1. less

Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese menos, which displaced the semi-learned form mẽos, learned borrowing from Latin minus comparative of parum.

noun/ˈmenos/[ˈmẽ.nos̺]
  1. the minority of a collective

    masculine · plural · plural-only
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese menos, which displaced the semi-learned form mẽos, learned borrowing from Latin minus comparative of parum.

prep/ˈmenos/[ˈmẽ.nos̺]
  1. except, but

    Vinche todos eses filmes menos o último
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese menos, which displaced the semi-learned form mẽos, learned borrowing from Latin minus comparative of parum.

noun/ˈmenos/[ˈmẽ.nos̺]
  1. minus

    invariable · masculine
  2. less

    invariable · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese menos, which displaced the semi-learned form mẽos, learned borrowing from Latin minus comparative of parum.

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