What is the diference between poco & pequeño? 5 minutes of Spanish + Audio
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At
the end of October, we talked about the word poco, in our podcast poco a poco,
If
you didn't listen to it you can do so on Spotify, RRs.com, Apple podcast,
Amazon Podcast and more.
But,
you did listen to us, didn't you? So today we're going to reflect a little bit
on the difference between little and small.
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Yes,
it's common, for students of Spanish, to confuse these words, as both can be
translated as "little" in English, depending on context and usage.
But
they are not interchangeable, so it is important to differentiate between them.
After listening to us, you will have the necessary tools to do it, so stay with
us!
Poco
refers to small quantities and the intensity of an action. It can be used as an
adjective or as an adverb and translates into English as: little, few, a little,
a bit of, not much or not many. Pequeño refers to size is generally adjective
and means: little, small, short, tiny or young.
Let's
see examples:
Fabri
is the smallest of our children.
Minimalists
have few ornaments in their houses.
These
pants are too small for him and they are new, too bad!
This
person speaks very little Spanish, he should be invited to listen to this
Podcast.
In
what context can we listen to them?
We
said that poco, used as an adjective, measures or describes the quantity of
objects or people.
Few
people throw things in the street nowadays, good thing!
We
have little detergent, please buy more.
There
are few people at the free Friday workshop, were you there?
As
an adverb poco modifies the verb
I
slept very little last night, ¡qué sueño!
It
is normal to use an augmentative like muy or a diminutive like poquito, they
only serve to intensify and you will hear them a lot because you know, we are
quite dramatic when speaking...
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We
don't have much time left; shall we go on?
Very
little time, I would say, the 5 minutes are already finishing!
Small
is almost always used as an adjective. It describes the size of people or
objects.
For example: a size can be big, medium or small, which one do you use?
My
granddaughter likes small dogs
This
book has very small print, I can't read it. Here we use an augmentative and a diminutive,
just to intensify.
Small
houses are easier to clean.
The little boy is very cute.
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| El niño pequeño es muy tierno |
Let's
go with an expression of surprise very used in Mexico and that is ¡a poco!
A poco ya se
pasaron los 5 minutos! It's like saying: really?
And
a phrase with little?: "Good perfumes come in tiny bottles" That is
to say, good things come in small packages. This is what short
women say.
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