almost in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for almost in the English»Spanish Dictionary

almost [Am ˈɔlˌmoʊst, Brit ˈɔːlməʊst] ADV

almost Where almost is used with a verb in the past tense, it is translated by casi or por poco, and the verb is usually in the present tense: I almost fell casi me caigo; we almost missed the train casi or por poco perdemos el tren.
In some Latin American countries the preterite tense is often used: we almost missed the train casi or por poco perdimos el tren:

almost

casi

that's almost 100 miles away from here

eso está a casi 100 millas de aquí

it's almost ten years since we last met

hace casi diez años que no nos vemos

I'm almost ready

estoy casi listo

you almost killed me!

¡casi me matas!

did you win? — almost

¿ganaste? — casi or por poco

you're almost certainly right

casi con seguridad que tienes razón

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an almost undetectable scar

una cicatriz que casi no se nota

a man of almost obsessive particularity

un hombre de carácter casi maniático

the first signs of skin cancer are almost unnoticeable

los primeros signos de cáncer a la piel casi pasan desapercibidos or no se notan

this Concerto is almost unplayable

este concierto es prácticamente imposible de tocar or ejecutar

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casi lo desnucó

she almost broke his neck

este está medio cachuzo

this one's almost had it inf

casi

almost

cuesta casi el doble

it costs almost o nearly twice as much

ya eran casi las tres

it was almost o nearly three o'clock

es casi imposible

it's virtually o practically o almost impossible

casi todos son latinoamericanos

nearly o almost all of them are Latin American

la casi totalidad de la población

almost the entire population

los casi tres millones de habitantes del país

the country's almost three million inhabitants

no nos queda casi nada de pan

there's almost no bread left

no había casi nadie

there was almost nobody there

me sentía tan mal que casi no vengo

I felt so bad I almost didn't come

sin (el) casi es casi indecente — sin casi

it's almost indecent — almost, no, it is indecent

el teatro estaba prácticamente vacío

the theater was practically o virtually o almost empty

¿has terminado? — prácticamente

have you finished? — almost o nearly

las existencias de carbón están casi agotadas

coal stocks are almost exhausted

las existencias de carbón están casi agotadas

we have almost used up our stocks of coal

almost in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for almost in the English»Spanish Dictionary

almost [ˈɔ:lməʊst, Am -moʊst] ADV

almost

casi

almost half

casi la mitad

we're almost there

casi hemos llegado

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seminuevo (-a)

almost new

casi

almost

en nadita estuvo que lo mataran

they almost killed him

se plantificó allí al poco tiempo

he got there almost straight away

por poco me atropellan

I was almost run over

México

México or Méjico (official title: Estados Unidos Mexicanos) lies in Central America and borders the USA in the north. The capital, Ciudad de México (Mexico City), has almost twenty million inhabitants. Spanish is the official language of the country and the monetary unit is the peso. The original inhabitants of Mexico, the aztecas (Aztecs), referred to themselves as mexica.

ya termina la película

the film is almost over

terminarse

to be almost over

por poco

almost

al freír la carne se ha quedado en nada

when the meat was fried it shrunk to almost nothing

almost Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

almost half

casi la mitad

we're almost there

casi hemos llegado

he got there almost straight away

se plantificó allí al poco tiempo

when the meat was fried it shrunk to almost nothing

al freír la carne se ha quedado en nada

México or Méjico (official title: Estados Unidos Mexicanos) lies in Central America and borders the USA in the north. The capital, Ciudad de México (Mexico City), has almost twenty million inhabitants. Spanish is the official language of the country and the monetary unit is the peso. The original inhabitants of Mexico, the aztecas (Aztecs), referred to themselves as mexica.

México

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English

Almost everything on the north side of the island was destroyed.

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Almost every fighter project in the postwar era immediately applied the concept, which started appearing on production fighters in the late 1940s.

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He played piano and sang in his twenties, but did not publish any songs until he was almost 30 years old.

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It was the first airing of the show in almost five years.

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For an estimate of his poetry we depend almost wholly on hearsay from ancient commentators.

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Unemployment in the borough reaches almost 100 percent.

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Both anosognosia and denial are almost always connected with damage in the right hemisphere.

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Many of the businesses were still family-owned and operated and had been almost as long as the boardwalk has been around.

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Reliance on the groundnut became so strong that it made up almost the entirety of exports, making the economy vulnerable.

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Firefighters battled the flames for almost ten hours, but were hampered with water supply issues stemming from the nearest fire hydrant being over 3000ft away.

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