menos.
less (in lower degree)
Meaning & usage
less (in lower degree)
Aqui é menos frio.
Se trabalhares menos, cansarás menos.
Where this word comes from
From Old Galician-Portuguese menos, displacing collateral form mẽos, from Latin minus, neuter of minor (“lesser; smaller”), comparative of parvus (“small”).
except; but
Li todos, menos o último.
minus (indicates subtraction)
Três menos dois é um.
Where this word comes from
From Old Galician-Portuguese menos, displacing collateral form mẽos, from Latin minus, neuter of minor (“lesser; smaller”), comparative of parvus (“small”).
fewer (a smaller number of), less (a smaller size or significance of)
Menos pessoas correm.
Atirou com menos precisão.
Where this word comes from
From Old Galician-Portuguese menos, displacing collateral form mẽos, from Latin minus, neuter of minor (“lesser; smaller”), comparative of parvus (“small”).
minus sign (the symbol −)
Where this word comes from
From Old Galician-Portuguese menos, displacing collateral form mẽos, from Latin minus, neuter of minor (“lesser; smaller”), comparative of parvus (“small”).
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