poquísima in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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poco2 (poca) ADJ

poco (poca) (con sustantivos no numerables)
little
poco (poca) (en plural)
few
muy poco vino
very little wine
muy pocos niños
very few children
hemos tenido muy poca suerte
we've been very unlucky
hemos tenido muy poca suerte
we've had very little luck
¡qué poco sentido común tienes!
you don't have much common sense, do you?
tengo muy poca ropa
I have hardly any clothes
tengo muy poca ropa
I have very few clothes
a poca gente se le presenta esa oportunidad
not many people get that opportunity
hay muy pocas mujeres en el gremio
there are very few women in the trade
éramos demasiado pocos
there were too few of us
éramos demasiado pocos
there weren't enough of us
fue asombroso, todo lo que te pueda decir es poco
it was amazing, I can't begin to tell you
a esta mujer todo le parece poco
this woman is never satisfied
me he olvidado del poco francés/de las pocas palabras que sabía
I've forgotten the little French/the few words I knew
le dio unos pocos pesos
she gave him a few pesos

poco3 (poca) PRON

1. poco (poca cantidad, poca cosa):

le serví sopa pero comió poca
I gave her some soup but she only ate a little o she didn't eat much
sírvele poco, desayunó muy tarde
don't give him (too) much, he had a late breakfast
por poco que gane, siempre es otro sueldo
no matter how little o however little she earns o even if she doesn't earn much, it's still another salary coming in
se conforma con poco
he's easily satisfied
poco faltó para que me pegara
he nearly hit me
poco y nada saqué en limpio de lo que dijo
what he said made little or no sense to me
lo poco que gana se lo gasta en vino
he spends the little o what little he earns on wine
compra más lentejas, nos quedan muy pocas
buy some more lentils, we've hardly any left o we have very few left
es un profesor como pocos
there aren't many teachers like him
pocos pueden permitirse ese lujo
not many people can afford to do that

4. poco en locs:

a poco Mex, ¿a poco no lees los periódicos?
don't you read the newspapers?
¡a poco no está fabuloso Acapulco!
isn't Acapulco just fantastic!
¡a poco ganaron!
don't tell me they won!
nos sacamos el gordo de la lotería — ¡a poco !
we won the big lottery prize — you didn't!
de a poco LatAm
gradually
agrégale la leche de a poquito
add the milk gradually o a little at a time
de a poquito se lo fue comiendo
little by little o slowly she ate it all up
(en poco) en poco estuvo que nos ganaran
they came very close to beating us
(en poco) en poco estuvo que nos ganaran
they very nearly beat us
en poco estuvo que no viniéramos
we almost didn't come
tienen en poco la vida ajena
they set little value on other people's lives
me tienes bien en poco si me crees capaz de eso
you can't think very highly o much of me if you think I could do such a thing
poco a poco o Mex a poquito
gradually
poco a poco la fueron arreglando
they gradually fixed it up
poco a poco la fueron arreglando
they fixed it up little by little
poco más o menos
approximately
poco más o menos
roughly
habrán gastado unos dos millones, poco más o menos
they must have spent in the neighborhood of two million
habrán gastado unos dos millones, poco más o menos
they must have spent in the region of two million Brit
poco menos que
nearly
es poco menos que imposible
it's well-nigh o almost o very nearly impossible
le pegó una paliza que poco menos que la mata inf
he gave her such a beating he almost o nearly killed her
poco menos que los echan a patadas inf
they practically kicked them out
por poco
nearly
por poco nos descubren
we were nearly found out

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unaccommodating person
poco servicial
unaccommodating response/demeanor
poco cooperador
underqualified
poco calificado
underqualified
poco cualificado Spain
ill-judged
poco prudente
ill-judged
poco sensato
inapt
poco apto
inapt
poco idóneo
unassertive
poco enérgico
unassertive
poco firme
underdone
poco cocido
underdone
poco hecho Spain
unappetizing dish/smell
poco apetitoso
unappetizing idea/prospect
poco apetecible

poquísima in the PONS Dictionary

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poco
little
escribir poco
to write little
es poco simpático
he is not very friendly
nos da poco más o menos lo mismo
it really doesn't make much difference to us
poco a poco
bit by bit
poco a poco
little by little
poco a poco dejamos de creerle
we gradually stopped believing him
a poco de llegar...
shortly after arriving ...
poco después
shortly afterwards
dentro de poco
soon
desde hace poco
since recently
hace poco
recently
hace poco
not long ago
a/con/por poco que se esfuerce lo conseguirá
with a little bit of effort he/she will get it
por poco me estrello
I very nearly crashed
tener en poco a alguien
to have a low opinion of sb
y por si fuera poco...
and as if that wasn't enough ...

poco (-a) <poquísimo> ADJ

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poquísima Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

poco a poco la minifalda se va perdiendo
miniskirts are slowly going out of fashion
poco a poco
bit by bit
poco a poco
little by little
poco a poco dejamos de creerle
we gradually stopped believing him
¡si hiciera un poco más de calor!
if only it were a little warmer!
soy poco amante de hablar en público
I don't like speaking in public
la peli ha sido un poco cutre inf ex
the movie was a bit lame
dar la mano de forma poco enérgica
to have a limp handshake
freír en poco aceite y removiendo constantemente
stir-fry
no vendría mal un poco de cortesía
a little courtesy would not go amiss
American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

Spanish
Teníamos 20 años, poquísima plata y aun menos conocimiento acerca la laminación.
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Allí la cosa era distinta, había poquísima gente y era gente más acartonada que allá arriba.
www.whiskyenlasrocas.com

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