"más bien" meaning in Spanish

See más bien in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ˌmas ˈbjen/, [ˌmaz ˈβ̞jẽn]
Head templates: {{es-adv}} más bien
  1. rather, slightly
    Sense id: en-más_bien-es-adv-PdhdU~bC Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 55 45

Conjunction

IPA: /ˌmas ˈbjen/, [ˌmaz ˈβ̞jẽn]
Head templates: {{head|es|conjunction}} más bien
  1. rather, or rather (more precisely)
    Sense id: en-más_bien-es-conj-iHmNqW3P Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 55 45

Download JSON data for más bien meaning in Spanish (1.8kB)

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