almost

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈɔːlməʊst/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈɔlmoʊst, ɔlˈmoʊst/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ôl′mōst, ôl mōst′)


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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
almost adv (nearly)casi adv
 He was almost home when the car broke down.
 Casi había llegado a su casa cuando se le averió el coche.
almost adv (all but)casi adv
 There is one ticket left - we have almost sold out.
 The baby is almost asleep.
 Las entradas están casi agotadas, sólo queda una sin vender.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
almost adv (with verb: negative result)casi adv
 I almost forgot to lock the door.
 Casi olvido cerrar la puerta con llave.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
almost always adv (nearly all the time)casi siempre loc adv
  soler⇒ vi
  (formal)usualmente adv
 The door to the cellar is almost always unlocked.
 La puerta del centro estudiantil casi siempre está abierta.
 La puerta del centro estudiantil suele estar abierta.
 Usualmente, la puerta del centro estudiantil está abierta.
almost come to blows v expr (argue) (coloquial)discutir⇒ vi
  pelear⇒ vi
  pelear⇒ vi
  (figurado)llegar a las manos loc verb
almost die laughing v expr figurative, informal (laugh very hard)morirse de risa loc verb
 We almost died laughing when we saw Mike's Halloween costume.
 El disfraz de Halloween de Mike era para morirse de risa.
almost done adj informal (nearly finished) (persona, cosa)casi listo loc adj
  (cosa)casi terminado loc adj
  (cosa)casi hecho loc adj
 I'm almost done; give me five more minutes and I'll join you.
 Estoy casi lista. Dame 5 minutos y estaré contigo.
 El proyecto está casi terminado. Dame 5 minutos y estaré contigo.
almost everywhere adv (in most places)en casi todas partes loc adv
  en casi todos los lugares loc adv
  en casi cualquier sitio loc adv
 There used to be no chain stores in the town, but now they're almost everywhere.
 Antes no había grandes tiendas en el pueblo, ahora están en casi todas partes.
almost never adv (hardly ever)casi nunca loc adv
 I almost never eat ice cream, but I enjoy it two or three times a year.
 No como helado casi nunca, pero disfruto de uno dos o tres veces al año.
almost sure adj (not quite certain)casi seguro loc adv
 I'm almost sure I turned the stove off, but maybe we should go back to check.
 ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. ¿Apagaste todo antes de salir? - Estoy casi segura de que sí.
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'almost' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
all but - at the last minute - blue steak - border on - brimful - close - come within an ace - come within an inch - damn near - faintly - far gone - going on - hardly anything - just about - just in time - last-minute - like - little - mind-bending - moribund - most - mostly - narrow escape - near - near miss - near-miss - nearly - nearly impossible - nearly over - next to - next to impossible - nigh on - not exactly - not quite - overwhelmingly - practically - pretty well - pushing - quasi - right about now - rising - scarcely - scarcely any - scarcely ever - seldom if ever - similar - to a fault - verge on - very like - virtual
Spanish:
casi - cuasi - ya mero - en un tris - a ras - al hilo - apenas llevar - casi a diario - casi cada fin de semana - casi casi - casi de inmediato - casi toda la vida - casi todo el mundo - cerca - darse un reventón - en puertas - ir llegando - poco - por poco - prácticamente - rozar la perfección - seminuevo - sin apenas interrumpir - tris

Collocations: (am) almost [done, ready, finished, through], (is) almost [done, ready, finished, complete], almost [extinct, dead, impossible], more...

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