"un po'" meaning in Italian

See un po' in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /um ˈpɔ/ Audio: It-Un po.oga , LL-Q652 (ita)-Happypheasant-un po'.wav
Etymology: Truncation of un poco. Compare French un peu, Portuguese um pouco, and Spanish un poco. Etymology templates: {{m|it|un poco}} un poco, {{cog|fr|un peu}} French un peu, {{cog|pt|um pouco}} Portuguese um pouco, {{cog|es|un poco}} Spanish un poco Head templates: {{it-adv|head=un po'}} un po'
  1. a bit, a little, slightly, somewhat, sort of
    Sense id: en-un_po'-it-adv-wT2mAPWu Categories (other): Italian pronouns Disambiguation of Italian pronouns: 46 26 24 4
  2. a while, some time
    Sense id: en-un_po'-it-adv-mNZ4n9av
  3. used to emphasize a command and make it less formal Synonyms: un poco
    Sense id: en-un_po'-it-adv-IgAL11SL

Pronoun

IPA: /um ˈpɔ/ Audio: It-Un po.oga , LL-Q652 (ita)-Happypheasant-un po'.wav
Etymology: Truncation of un poco. Compare French un peu, Portuguese um pouco, and Spanish un poco. Etymology templates: {{m|it|un poco}} un poco, {{cog|fr|un peu}} French un peu, {{cog|pt|um pouco}} Portuguese um pouco, {{cog|es|un poco}} Spanish un poco Head templates: {{head|it|pronoun}} un po'
  1. a bit, a little
    Sense id: en-un_po'-it-pron-jm98NyvP

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for un po' meaning in Italian (3.8kB)

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