menos

From Latin minus.

menos

1. less

   Esti pueblu ye menos guapu que'l to. ― This town is less nice than that one.

   Antonym: más

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese menos, which displaced the semi-learned form mẽos, learned borrowing from Latin minus comparative of parum.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmenʊs]

menos

1. less

   Antonym: máis

menos

1. except, but

   Vinche todos eses filmes menos o último ― I saw all that movies, except the last one

menos m (plural menos)

1. (mathematics) minus
2. less

menos m pl

1. the minority of a collective

• “menos” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “menos” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “menos” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “menos” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “menos” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• “menos” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

menos (Latin spelling)

1. less

   Synonym: manko

2. (often with definite article) least

   Synonym: manko

From Old Portuguese menos, displacing collateral form mẽos, from Latin minus, neuter of minor (“lesser; smaller”), comparative of parvus (“small”).

• Hyphenation: me‧nos

menos (not comparable)

1. less (in lower degree)

   Aqui é menos frio. ― Here is less cold.

   Se trabalhares menos, cansarás menos. ― If you work less, you will tire less.

   Antonym: mais

menos

1. except; but

   Li todos, menos o último. ― I read all, except the last one.

   Synonyms: exceto, fora

2. (mathematics) minus (indicates subtraction)

   Três menos dois é um. ― Three minus two is one.

menos m or f (plural menos)

1. fewer (a smaller number of), less (a smaller size or significance of)

   Menos pessoas correm. ― Fewer people run.

   Atirou com menos precisão. ― He shot with less precision.

   Antonym: mais

• Some use the feminine plural menas.

menos m (invariable)

1. minus sign (the symbol −)

   Synonym: sinal de menos

From Old Spanish menos, inherited from Latin minus, comparative of parum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmenos/ [ˈme.nos]
• Rhymes: -enos
• Syllabification: me‧nos

menos

1. less

   Antonym: más

2. (often with definite article) least

   Antonym: más

• used in forming the comparative of adjectives.
• with the definite article, used in forming the superlative of adjectives.

menos (plural menos)

1. less, fewer

   Antonym: más

2. least, fewest

   Antonym: más

menos

1. minus

   Dos menos uno son uno.

   Two minus one is one.

2. except

menos m (plural menos)

1. minus sign

• “menos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

• minos

Borrowed from Spanish menos.

• Hyphenation: me‧nos
• IPA^(key): /ˈmenos/, [ˈme.nos]

menos (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈᜓᜐ᜔)

1. less; lacking; of less value

   Synonym: kulang

• “menos”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018