| Principal Translations |
| quite adv | (to some extent) | bastante adv |
| | The pasta was quite good, but not as good as I expected. |
| | La pasta estaba bastante rica, pero no tan buena como esperaba. |
| quite adv | (completely) | muy adv |
| | | totalmente, completamente adv |
| | (salir, resultar) | exactamente adv |
| | Sarah is quite capable of doing the task. |
| | I'll wash the dishes, but scrubbing the toilet is quite a different story. |
| | Things didn't quite turn out as we'd planned. |
| | Sarah es muy capaz de hacer el trabajo. |
| | No tengo problema en fregar los platos, pero lavar el inodoro es un asunto totalmente diferente. |
| | Las cosas no salieron exactamente como habíamos pensado. |
| quite adv | US (considerably, very) | muy adv |
| | | bastante adv |
| | This restaurant is quite good. I'm going to recommend it to my brother. |
| | Este restaurante es muy bueno. Se lo voy a recomendar a mi hermano. |
| quite interj | UK (I agree) | claro interj |
| | | exacto interj |
| | "He shouldn't have gone to the party." "Quite!" |
| | ¡Claro! Él no debería haber ido a la fiesta. |
Compound Forms:
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a catch,
quite a catch,
a real catch n | informal, figurative ([sb] worth marrying) (figurado) | partido nm |
| | I hear her new man is quite a catch! |
| | ¡Escuche que su nuevo novio es todo un partido! |
cut a fine figure,
cut quite a figure v expr | (be physically admirable) | causar sensación loc verb |
just the ticket,
quite the ticket expr | figurative (exactly what is wanted) | justo lo que necesito expr |
| | (figurativo) | broche de oro loc nom m |
| | A cup of tea is just the ticket right now. |
| | Una taza de té es justo lo que necesito. |
| | Justo ahora, una taza de té sería el broche de oro. |
| not quite adv | (almost) | no del todo loc adv |
| | | no precisamente loc adv |
| | The meat is not quite cooked enough. |
| | La carne no está del todo cocinada. |
| not quite right adj | (slightly wrong) | no del todo bien loc adj |
| | It is a good translation, but that word choice is not quite right. |
| | Es una buena traducción pero la elección de esa palabra no está del todo bien. |
quite a,
quite an adj | (intensifier before noun) | verdadero/a adj |
| | | gran adj |
| | The 4th of July fireworks this year were quite a sight. |
| | Este año, los fuegos artificiales del 4 de julio fueron un verdadero espectáculo. |
| quite a bit n | (a considerable amount) | bastante nm |
| | | un montón loc adv |
| | "How much rice do you think I should cook?" "You'll need quite a bit for six people." |
| | "¿Cuánto arroz crees que necesito cocinar?" "Necesitarás bastante para seis personas." |
| quite a bit adv | (a considerable length of time) | bastante adv |
| | | un montón loc adv |
| | I've been jogging quite a bit recently. |
| | Estuve corriendo bastante últimamente. |
| quite a few adj | (a considerable number of) | muchos adj |
| | I didn't expect many participants, but quite a few people actually came. |
| | Asistieron muchas personas, no esperábamos tantas. |
| quite a few adv | (a considerable number) | bastante adv |
| quite a little adj | US, informal (striking, outstanding) | todo uno, toda una expr |
| | | maravilloso/a adj |
| | Jackie was quite a little dancer when she was young. |
| | Jackie era toda una bailarina cuando era joven. |
| | Jackie era una bailarina maravillosa cuando era joven. |
| quite a lot (of [sth]) pron | (much, many) | bastante adv |
| | There is quite a lot of rice left in the pot, and you are welcome to have more. |
| | Quedó bastante arroz en la olla por si alguno quiere repetir. |
| | (coloquial) | una barbaridad de algo loc adv |
| Note: Se usa para referirse a cantidades. |
| | Ha quedado una barbaridad de arroz en la olla por si alguno quiere repetir. |
| | (coloquial) | muchísimo de algo adv |
| | Ha quedado muchísimo arroz en la olla por si alguno quiere repetir. |
| quite a sight n | ([sth] impressive to see) | todo un espectáculo expr |
| | | un espectáculo nm |
| | The bride was quite a sight, all in white fur and sequins. |
| | La novia era todo un espectáculo, toda con pieles blancas y lentejuelas. |
| quite a while adv | (a considerable time) | un buen rato loc adv |
| | It has been quite a while since I last saw him. |
| | Hace ya un buen rato que no lo veo. |
| for quite a while adv | (for a considerable time) | mucho tiempo loc adv |
| | I haven't seen him for quite a while. |
| | Hace mucho tiempo que no lo veo. |
| quite agree vi | emphatic (have same opinion) | coincidir⇒ vi |
| | | estar muy de acuerdo loc verb |
| | "There's too much salt in this soup." "I quite agree." |
| | | opinar lo mismo loc verb |
| Quite right too! interj | (expressing emphatic agreement) | ¡completamente de acuerdo! loc interj |
| | "I'm not going to lend Pete any more money because he never pays me back." "Quite right too!" |
| | | ¡tal cual! loc interj |
| | (PR, coloquial) | ¡eso es así! loc interj |
| | (AR, coloquial) | ¡me sacás las palabras de la boca! loc interj |
| quite simply adv | (modestly, in a basic way) | sin lujos loc adv |
| | I live quite simply by American standards: no cell phone, no cable TV, and only one car. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Estoy acostumbrado a vivir sin lujos. |
| quite simply adv | (expressed in a straightforward way) | sencillamente adv |
| | She is quite simply the best figure skater in the world. |
| | Ella es sencillamente la mejor patinadora artística del mundo. |
| quite so adv | (indeed, precisely) | así es loc adv |
| | | exactamente, exacto adv |
| | Ah yes, quite so - I see exactly what you mean now. |
| | Ah sí, así es. Ya veo lo que quieres decir en realidad. |
| quite so adj | (just as, this much) | tan adv |
| | Do you have to be quite so nasty? |
| | ¿Tienes que ser tan desagradable? |
| quite some adj | informal ([sth] impressive) | tamaño/a adj |
| | That's quite some bruise you have there. |
| | Tamaño moretón te has hecho, ¿con qué te golpeaste? |
| | (coloquial) | flor de loc adj |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Me caí y me hice un flor de moretón. |
| quite some adj | (a lot of: time, doing) | bastante adv |
| | He's 85, so he must have retired quite some time ago. |
| | Tiene 85 años, debe haberse retirado hace bastante tiempo. |
| quite the contrary adv | (not at all, the very opposite) | por el contrario loc adv |
| | It is believed that I am pro-union. Quite the contrary, I am actually pro-business. |
| | Se cree que estoy a favor del sindicato. Por el contrario, estoy a favor de la empresa. |
| | | muy por el contrario loc adv |
| | Se cree que estoy a favor del sindicato. Muy por el contrario, estoy a favor de la empresa. |
| | | todo lo contrario loc adv |
| | Se cree que estoy a favor del sindicato. Todo lo contrario, estoy a favor de la empresa. |
| | | nada más alejado de la realidad loc adv |
| | Se cree que estoy a favor del sindicato. Nada más alejado de la realidad, estoy a favor de la empresa. |
| quite well adv | (to a fairly high standard) | bastante bien loc adv |
| | James did quite well in his exam. |
| quite well adv | (fairly successfully) | con bastante éxito loc adv |
| | The business performed quite well in its first year of trading. |