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a poco

Principal Translations
Spanish		English
¿a poco...?, ¿a poco no...? loc interj	MX: coloquial (expresa incredulidad)	No way! interj
	(colloquial)	Get out of town! interj
	(colloquial)	You don't say! interj
	¿A poco le creíste? ¡Se nota que es un mentiroso!
	¿A poco no te gusta?; ¡pero si está delicioso!
¡a poco!, ¡a poco no! loc interj	MX: coloquial (expresa sorpresa)	No way! interj
	(colloquial)	Get out of town! interj
		You're kidding! interj
	¡A poco! ¿Te vas a casar con él?

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Principal Translations
Spanish		English
a poco no, a poco expr	GT, MX (expresa confirmación) (confirmation)	isn't it?, aren't they? expr
		doesn't it?, don't they? expr
		isn't that right?, isn't that the truth? expr
	(disagreement)	what do you mean? expr
Note: Se usa en frases interrogativas para confirmar lo dicho: ¿A poco le creíste? ¿A poco no te gusta?
	¿A poco no te gusta?; ¡pero si está delicioso!
	ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. This music is terrible, isn't it?
	ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. This coffee tastes great, doesn't it?
	ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. The best part of the vacation was the first-class seats on the flight there. Isn't that right?
	What do you mean you don't like it? But it's delicious!

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Compound Forms: a poco | a poco no
Spanish		English
a poco de loc prep	(poco después de)	soon after expr
		not long after expr
		shortly after expr
	A poco de haber llegado a la casa, se fue a dormir.
	Soon after arriving home, she went to bed.
a poco que expr	(con mínimo esfuerzo)	with just, with nothing more than expr
		simply by, just by expr
		before you know it expr
	A poco que lo intentes lo conseguirás.
	Just by trying you'll succeed.
de a poco loc adv	AmL (poco a poco)	little by little adv
		one at a time, one by one adv
	Ve poniendo las naranjas de a poco. Si las pones todas a la vez, se rompe la balanza.
	Place the oranges little by little. If you put them all on at once, you'll break the scales.
de a pocos, de a poco loc adv	coloquial (poco a poco)	step by step adv
		one step at a time adv
	De a pocos vas a conseguir lo que quieres.
poco a poco loc adv	(lentamente)	bit by bit, little by little adv
	Ve llenando poco a poco la botella, no se te vaya a derramar.
	Fill the bottle up little by little so that it doesn't spill.
poco a poco loc adv	(en poca cantidad)	bit by bit, little by little adv
		gently adv
	Ve poniendo las naranjas poco a poco; si las pones todas a la vez, se rompe la balanza.
	Put the oranges on bit by bit. If you put them all on at once, you'll break the scales.
saber a poco loc verb	(quedarse con ganas de más) (event)	be over before you know it v expr
		leave you wanting more v expr
		be insufficient, not be enough v expr
	Las vacaciones siempre saben a poco.
	Vacations are always over before you know it.

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