minus

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈmaɪnəs/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈmaɪnəs/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(mī′nəs)

  • WordReference
  • Collins
  • WR Reverse (3)
  • Definition
  • Synonyms
  • English Collocations

WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
minus prep (mathematics)menos prep
 Ten minus five is five.
 Diez menos cinco es cinco.
minus prep (without)sin prep
 The hiking club, minus Cathy, will climb Mt. Mitchell.
 El club de senderismo, sin Cathy, subirá al Mt. Mitchell.
minus adj (below 0, -5)bajo/a adj
  negativo/a adj
 It was minus ten degrees outside this winter.
 Estuvimos a diez grados bajo cero este invierno en la calle.
minus adj (grade, grading, B-) (calificación)bajo/a adj
 Paul got a B minus on his test.
 Paul sacó una nota B baja en el examen.
  Is something important missing? Report an error or suggest an improvement.
Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
minus n (negative feature)desventaja nf
 The bad weather is a definite minus.
 El mal tiempo es sin duda una desventaja.
minus n (loss, deficit)pérdida nf
  baja nf
 Losing his job was a big minus for Seth.
 Quedarse sin trabajo fue una pérdida para Seth.
  Is something important missing? Report an error or suggest an improvement.

WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
minus sign n (symbol: subtraction -)signo menos loc nom m
  (informal)menos nm inv
 On a keyboard the minus sign and the hyphen are interchangeable.
 En un teclado, el guión y el signo menos son intercambiables.
T minus [duration],
T-minus [duration] expr		 (countdown to an event)en prep
  a prep
  (ciencia, ingeniería)T menos [tiempo] expr
 I'm scheduled to leave for Paris in T minus two days and I'm getting very excited!
 ¡Salgo para París en dos días y estoy muy emocionada!
 ¡Estoy a dos días de salir para París y estoy muy emocionada!
  Is something important missing? Report an error or suggest an improvement.

'minus' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
give or take - less - negative - negative sign - net debt - net export - net revenue - net weight - sign - take away
Spanish:
menos - negativo

Collocations: a minus on the [sales ledger, scoresheet, balance sheet, exam], [goes down, counts, is recorded] as a minus (on), got a [C] -minus on the test, more...

Forum discussions with the word(s) "minus" in the title:

  • Go to Preferences page and choose from different actions for taps or mouse clicks.
See Google Translate's machine translation of 'minus'.

In other languages: French | Italian | Portuguese | Romanian | German | Dutch | Swedish | Russian | Polish | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic

Advertisements
Advertisements
Infórmanos de los anuncios inapropiados.
WordReference.com
WORD OF THE DAY
GET THE DAILY EMAIL!

Become a WordReference Supporter to view the site ad-free.