# poco
## Asturian
### Adjective

poco
* neuter of pocu

## Interlingua
### Noun

poco (plural pocos)
* little bit

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin paucus, from Proto-Italic *paukos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ukos, derived from the root *peh₂w- (“few”, “little”). Compare French peu, Portuguese pouco, Spanish poco.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɔ.ko/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔko
* Hyphenation: pò‧co

### Adverb

poco
* little, not much
** 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VII”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory]‎, lines 64–66; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:Poco allungati c’eravam di lici, quand’io m’accorsi che ’l monte era scemo, a guisa che i vallon li sceman quici.Little had we withdrawn us from that place, when I perceived the mount was hollowed out in fashion as the valleys here are hollowed.
* (followed by an adjective) little, not very, poorly
* (time) a little, a while, a short time
    a tra poco ― see you later
** 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VIII”, in Inferno [Hell]‎, lines 58–60; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:Dopo ciò poco vid’io quello strazio far di costui a le fangose genti, che Dio ancor ne lodo e ne ringrazio.A little after that, I saw such havoc made of him by the people of the mire, that still I praise and thank my God for it.

### Determiner

poco (feminine poca, masculine plural pochi, feminine plural poche, superlative pochettino)
* little, not much
** 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXIX”, in Inferno [Hell]‎, lines 114–117; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:e quei, ch’avea vaghezza e senno poco, volle ch’i’ li mostrassi l’arte; e solo perch’ io nol feci Dedalo, mi fece ardere a tal che l’avea per figliuolo.And he who had conceit, but little wit, would have me show to him the art; and only because no Dædalus I made him, made me be burned by one who held him as his son.
* few, not many
* short, little (of time)

### Noun

poco m (invariable)
* little
    Synonym: po'
** 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XIV”, in Inferno [Hell]‎, lines 68–70; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:Quei fu l’un d’i sette regi ch’assiser Tebe; ed ebbe e par ch’elli abbia Dio in disdegno, e poco par che ’l pregiOne of the Seven Kings was he [Capaneus] who Thebes besieged, and held, and seems to hold God in disdain, and little seems to prize him

### Pronoun

poco (no feminine, masculine plural pochi, feminine plural poche) (indefinite)
* little, not much
    Antonym: molto
** 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell]‎, lines 4–7; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:Ahi quanto a dir qual era è cosa dura esta selva selvaggia e aspra e forte che nel pensier rinova la paura! Tant’è amara che poco è più morteOh! how hard a thing it is to say what was this forest savage, rough, and stern, which in the very thought renews the fear. So bitter is it, death is little more
* (in the plural) few, not many
    Antonym: molti
* nearly, not long, short, little (time)

#### Derived terms

* a dir poco
* a poco a poco
* da poco
* di lì a poco
* di poco
* fra poco
* per poco
* poc'anzi
* pochetto
* pochezza
* pochino
* poco di buono
* tra poco
* un po', un poco

### References

* ↑ poco in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Neapolitan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin paucus.

### Pronunciation

* (Naples) IPA: [ˈpɔːkə], (in sandhi) [-u]

### Determiner

poco
* little

### References

* AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 985: “c'è poco pane” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin paucus, from Proto-Italic *paukos, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, little”). Compare French peu, Italian poco, Portuguese pouco.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpoko/ [ˈpo.ko]
* Audio:(file)
* Audio (Peru):(file)
* Rhymes: -oko
* Syllabification: po‧co

### Determiner

poco m (plural pocos, feminine poca, feminine plural pocas, superlative poquísimo)
* little, not much
    Bebí poca agua.I drank little water.
    Nos casamos hace poco tiempo.We got married recently.(literally, “We got married a little time ago.”)
* few, not many
    Muy pocas personas hacen eso.Very few people do that.
* un-, not
    poco saludable ― unhealthy

### Adverb

poco
* little (not much)
    Comí poco.I ate little / I didn’t eat much.

### Noun

poco m (plural pocos)
* little (a small amount)
    Hablo un poco (de) inglés.I speak a little English.
* a short time, a little while
    hace poco ― a little while ago
    dentro de poco ― in a little bit

#### Derived terms

* a pocas vueltas
* a poco que
* a pocos lances
* a pocos pasos
* al poco rato
* apocar
* cara de pocos amigos
* de a poco
* de poca monta
* de poca ropa
* de pocas palabras
* de poco pelo
* en poco
* éramos pocos y parió la abuela
* mucho ruido y pocas nueces
* nunca mucho cuesta poco
* poca cosa
* pocazo
* poco a poco
* poco a poquito
* poco hecho
* poco más o menos
* poco o nada
* poquedad
* poquitín
* por lo poco que uno sabe
* por poco
* qué poca madre
* qué poco
* sobre poco más o menos
* un poco
* unos pocos
* poquísimo
* poquillo
* poquito
* tener pocas chichas

### Further reading

* “poco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10