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málo

little; small amount · little; few; not much

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Nouns

little; small amount

Among the most common Slovak nouns (#2364). Browse the list

Examples

In a sentence

  • V hrnčeku je málo čaju.

    There is little tea in the mug.

  • Spal som málo, preto som dnes unavený.

    I slept little, so I am tired today.

  • Máme málo času, tak poďme rovno na stanicu.

    We have little time, so let us go straight to the station.

  • Do polievky som dal málo soli.

    I put too little salt in the soup.

Adverbs

little; few; not much

Among the most common Slovak adverbs (#26). Browse the list

Examples

In a sentence

  • Pravidiel musí byť málo, a, čo je dôležitejšie, musia byť jednoduché.

    The rules must be few and, more importantly, simple.

    Tatoeba #7584531

  • Biedny nie je ten, ktorý má príliš málo, ale ten, kto chce príliš veľa.

    Poor is not the one who has too little, but the one who wants too much.

    Tatoeba #8905327

  • O Plute sa vie málo.

    Little is known about Pluto.

    Tatoeba #9014488

  • Pijeme príliš málo vody.

    We drink too little water.

    Tatoeba #9829692

Examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Source

Slovak National Corpus (SNK) ↗

English gloss from the frequency publish path. Includes Tatoeba example sentences when present.

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