"mais ou menos" meaning in Portuguese

See mais ou menos in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈmajz o(w) ˈmẽ.nus/ [Brazil], [ˈmaɪ̯z o(ʊ̯) ˈmẽ.nus] [Brazil], /ˈmajz o(w) ˈmẽ.nus/ [Brazil], [ˈmaɪ̯z o(ʊ̯) ˈmẽ.nus] [Brazil], /ˈmajz o(w) ˈmẽ.nuʃ/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], [ˈmaɪ̯z o(ʊ̯) ˈmẽ.nuʃ] [Rio-de-Janeiro], /ˈmajz o(w) ˈme.nos/ [Southern-Brazil], [ˈmaɪ̯z o(ʊ̯) ˈme.nos] [Southern-Brazil], /ˈmajz o(w) ˈme.nuʃ/ [Portugal], /ˈmajz o(w) ˈme.nuʃ/ [Portugal], /ˈmajz ow ˈme.nuʃ/ [Northern, Portugal], /ˈmajz o ˈme.nuʃ/ [Portugal, Southern] Audio: Pt mais ou menos.ogg
Head templates: {{pt-adj|hascomp=no}} mais ou menos (invariable, not comparable)
  1. so-so Tags: invariable, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-mais_ou_menos-pt-adj-wHNsqhsd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: +/- [abbreviation]

Adverb

IPA: /ˈmajz o(w) ˈmẽ.nus/ [Brazil], [ˈmaɪ̯z o(ʊ̯) ˈmẽ.nus] [Brazil], /ˈmajz o(w) ˈmẽ.nus/ [Brazil], [ˈmaɪ̯z o(ʊ̯) ˈmẽ.nus] [Brazil], /ˈmajz o(w) ˈmẽ.nuʃ/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], [ˈmaɪ̯z o(ʊ̯) ˈmẽ.nuʃ] [Rio-de-Janeiro], /ˈmajz o(w) ˈme.nos/ [Southern-Brazil], [ˈmaɪ̯z o(ʊ̯) ˈme.nos] [Southern-Brazil], /ˈmajz o(w) ˈme.nuʃ/ [Portugal], /ˈmajz o(w) ˈme.nuʃ/ [Portugal], /ˈmajz ow ˈme.nuʃ/ [Northern, Portugal], /ˈmajz o ˈme.nuʃ/ [Portugal, Southern] Audio: Pt mais ou menos.ogg
Head templates: {{pt-adv|hascomp=no}} mais ou menos (not comparable)
  1. more or less; approximately; give or take Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-mais_ou_menos-pt-adv-v42vzht1 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: +/- [abbreviation]

Alternative forms

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