"pouco" meaning in Portuguese

See pouco in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ˈpo(w).ku/ [Brazil], [ˈpo(ʊ̯).ku] [Brazil], /ˈpo(w).ku/ [Brazil], [ˈpo(ʊ̯).ku] [Brazil], /ˈpo(w).ko/ [Southern-Brazil], [ˈpo(ʊ̯).ko] [Southern-Brazil], /ˈpo(w).ku/ [Portugal], /ˈpo(w).ku/ [Portugal], /ˈpow.ku/ [Northern, Portugal], /ˈpo.ku/ [Portugal, Southern]
Rhymes: -owku, -oku Etymology: From Old Galician-Portuguese pouco, from Latin paucus, from Proto-Italic *paukos, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few”, “little”). Compare Spanish poco. Etymology templates: {{inh|pt|roa-opt|pouco}} Old Galician-Portuguese pouco, {{inh|pt|la|paucus}} Latin paucus, {{inh|pt|itc-pro|*paukos}} Proto-Italic *paukos, {{der|pt|ine-pro|*peh₂w-||few”, “little}} Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few”, “little”), {{cog|es|poco}} Spanish poco Head templates: {{pt-adv}} pouco
  1. little (not much or not often) Synonyms: dificilmente
    Sense id: en-pouco-pt-adv-70aUm3aW Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 10 25 0 30 0 35
  2. for a short duration
    Sense id: en-pouco-pt-adv-KMZluHnw Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 10 25 0 30 0 35
  3. (archaic) small Tags: archaic Synonyms: pequena
    Sense id: en-pouco-pt-adv-gduOu7vG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: alegria de pobre dura pouco, daqui a pouco, poucos, poucochinho [diminutive], pouquinho [diminutive], pouquíssimo [superlative], um pouco, aos poucos

Determiner

IPA: /ˈpo(w).ku/ [Brazil], [ˈpo(ʊ̯).ku] [Brazil], /ˈpo(w).ku/ [Brazil], [ˈpo(ʊ̯).ku] [Brazil], /ˈpo(w).ko/ [Southern-Brazil], [ˈpo(ʊ̯).ko] [Southern-Brazil], /ˈpo(w).ku/ [Portugal], /ˈpo(w).ku/ [Portugal], /ˈpow.ku/ [Northern, Portugal], /ˈpo.ku/ [Portugal, Southern] Forms: pouca [feminine], poucos [masculine, plural], poucas [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -owku, -oku Etymology: From Old Galician-Portuguese pouco, from Latin paucus, from Proto-Italic *paukos, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few”, “little”). Compare Spanish poco. Etymology templates: {{inh|pt|roa-opt|pouco}} Old Galician-Portuguese pouco, {{inh|pt|la|paucus}} Latin paucus, {{inh|pt|itc-pro|*paukos}} Proto-Italic *paukos, {{der|pt|ine-pro|*peh₂w-||few”, “little}} Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few”, “little”), {{cog|es|poco}} Spanish poco Head templates: {{pt-det}} pouco (feminine pouca, masculine plural poucos, feminine plural poucas)
  1. little; few (not many)
    Sense id: en-pouco-pt-det-U1pqzSDf Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese determiners Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 10 25 0 30 0 35

Pronoun

IPA: /ˈpo(w).ku/ [Brazil], [ˈpo(ʊ̯).ku] [Brazil], /ˈpo(w).ku/ [Brazil], [ˈpo(ʊ̯).ku] [Brazil], /ˈpo(w).ko/ [Southern-Brazil], [ˈpo(ʊ̯).ko] [Southern-Brazil], /ˈpo(w).ku/ [Portugal], /ˈpo(w).ku/ [Portugal], /ˈpow.ku/ [Northern, Portugal], /ˈpo.ku/ [Portugal, Southern]
Rhymes: -owku, -oku Etymology: From Old Galician-Portuguese pouco, from Latin paucus, from Proto-Italic *paukos, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few”, “little”). Compare Spanish poco. Etymology templates: {{inh|pt|roa-opt|pouco}} Old Galician-Portuguese pouco, {{inh|pt|la|paucus}} Latin paucus, {{inh|pt|itc-pro|*paukos}} Proto-Italic *paukos, {{der|pt|ine-pro|*peh₂w-||few”, “little}} Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few”, “little”), {{cog|es|poco}} Spanish poco Head templates: {{pt-pron|m}} pouco m
  1. little of something Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-pouco-pt-pron-4JBBexEa Categories (other): Portuguese pronouns Disambiguation of Portuguese pronouns: 45 55
  2. a short while Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-pouco-pt-pron-BbJfP8Wc Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese pronouns Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 10 25 0 30 0 35 Disambiguation of Portuguese pronouns: 45 55

Inflected forms

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          "english": "Few people believe it.",
          "text": "Poucas pessoas acreditam nisso.",
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          "text": "Sobrou pouca comida e menos vinho.",
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        "Brazil"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈpo(w).ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpo(ʊ̯).ku]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpo(w).ko/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpo(ʊ̯).ko]",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpo(w).ku/",
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        "Portugal"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpo(w).ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈpow.ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Portugal"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpo.ku/",
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        "Portugal",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "alegria de pobre dura pouco"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "daqui a pouco"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "poucos"
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        "diminutive"
      ],
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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        "superlative"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "um pouco"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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        {
          "english": "He reads little.",
          "text": "Ele lê pouco.",
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        {
          "english": "My happiness didn’t last long.",
          "text": "Minha alegria durou pouco.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The queue didn’t take long.",
          "text": "A fila demorou pouco.",
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        }
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          "english": "It's a small village.",
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          "word": "pequena"
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        "Brazil"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpo(ʊ̯).ku]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
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      "ipa": "[ˈpo(ʊ̯).ko]",
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      "ipa": "/ˈpo(w).ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpo.ku/",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "We bought a lot of food, but little was left.",
          "text": "Compramos muita comida, mas sobrou pouco.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "little of something"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "little",
          "little"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "We left not long ago.",
          "text": "Saímos há pouco.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "We will leave in a short while.",
          "text": "Sairemos daqui a pouco.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a short while"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "short",
          "short"
        ],
        [
          "while",
          "while"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpo(w).ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpo(ʊ̯).ku]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpo(w).ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpo(ʊ̯).ku]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpo(w).ko/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpo(ʊ̯).ko]",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpo(w).ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpo(w).ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpow.ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpo.ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-owku"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oku"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pouco"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "muito"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Portuguese 2-syllable words",
    "Portuguese adverbs",
    "Portuguese determiners",
    "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Portuguese lemmas",
    "Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Rhymes:Portuguese/oku",
    "Rhymes:Portuguese/oku/2 syllables",
    "Rhymes:Portuguese/owku",
    "Rhymes:Portuguese/owku/2 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "roa-opt",
        "3": "pouco"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese pouco",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "paucus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin paucus",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*paukos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *paukos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*peh₂w-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "few”, “little"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few”, “little”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "poco"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish poco",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Galician-Portuguese pouco, from Latin paucus, from Proto-Italic *paukos, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few”, “little”). Compare Spanish poco.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pouca",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "poucos",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "poucas",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "pouco (feminine pouca, masculine plural poucos, feminine plural poucas)",
      "name": "pt-det"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "pou‧co"
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "det",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Few people believe it.",
          "text": "Poucas pessoas acreditam nisso.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Little food was left and less wine.",
          "text": "Sobrou pouca comida e menos vinho.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "little; few (not many)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "little",
          "little"
        ],
        [
          "few",
          "few"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpo(w).ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpo(ʊ̯).ku]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpo(w).ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpo(ʊ̯).ku]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpo(w).ko/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpo(ʊ̯).ko]",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpo(w).ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpo(w).ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpow.ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpo.ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-owku"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oku"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pouco"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Portuguese 2-syllable words",
    "Portuguese adverbs",
    "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Portuguese lemmas",
    "Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Rhymes:Portuguese/oku",
    "Rhymes:Portuguese/oku/2 syllables",
    "Rhymes:Portuguese/owku",
    "Rhymes:Portuguese/owku/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "alegria de pobre dura pouco"
    },
    {
      "word": "daqui a pouco"
    },
    {
      "word": "poucos"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "poucochinho"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "pouquinho"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ],
      "word": "pouquíssimo"
    },
    {
      "word": "um pouco"
    },
    {
      "word": "aos poucos"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kea",
            "2": "poku"
          },
          "expansion": "Kabuverdianu: poku",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kabuverdianu: poku"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "roa-opt",
        "3": "pouco"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese pouco",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "paucus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin paucus",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*paukos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *paukos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*peh₂w-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "few”, “little"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few”, “little”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "poco"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish poco",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Galician-Portuguese pouco, from Latin paucus, from Proto-Italic *paukos, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few”, “little”). Compare Spanish poco.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "pouco",
      "name": "pt-adv"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "pou‧co"
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bastante"
        },
        {
          "word": "muito"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He reads little.",
          "text": "Ele lê pouco.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "little (not much or not often)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "little",
          "little"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dificilmente"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bastante"
        },
        {
          "word": "muito"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "My happiness didn’t last long.",
          "text": "Minha alegria durou pouco.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The queue didn’t take long.",
          "text": "A fila demorou pouco.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "for a short duration"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "duration",
          "duration"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese terms with archaic senses",
        "Portuguese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It's a small village.",
          "text": "É uma vila pouca.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "small"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) small"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pequena"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpo(w).ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpo(ʊ̯).ku]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpo(w).ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpo(ʊ̯).ku]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpo(w).ko/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpo(ʊ̯).ko]",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpo(w).ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpo(w).ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpow.ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpo.ku/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-owku"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oku"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pouco"
}

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