1. before (time) 2. except (not including) 3. fewer (indefinite determiner) 4. fewest (general) 5. least (general) 6. leaving out (except) 7. less (indefinite determiner) 8. less (indefinite pronoun) 9. less (preposition) 10. less (degree) 11. minus (preposition) 12. not counting (preposition) 13. not including (except) 14. of (time) 15. short of (general) 16. till (time) 17. to (time)
Phrases with menos
a menos que unless (general)
cobrar de menos undercharge (general)
de menos actividad off-peak (general)
echar de menos feel the loss of (emotional condition); miss (emotional condition); miss (person)
ir a menos drop away (drop off); go downhill (person); drop off (drop away); deteriorate (person); decline (drop off); be on the decline (person); become less (drop off); decrease (drop off)
más o menos more or less (estimation); grosso modo (estimation); thereabouts (degree); roughly speaking (estimation); thereabout (degree)
más ó menos so-so (general); fair to middling (general); fairish (general)
más o menos sesenta about sixty (number ); sixty or so (number )
menos cuarto a quarter till (time); a quarter of (time); a quarter to (time)
menos de under (quantity); less than (quantity); under (degree)
ni mucho menos no such luck (interjection)
persona venida a menos has-been (person)
poco más o menos around (estimation); approximately (estimation); about (estimation); almost (estimation); some (estimation); nearly (estimation); roughly (estimation)
por lo menos a minimum of (quantity); at least (attempt); at least (quantity); at least (contrast)
proveer menos capital de lo necesario undercapitalize (business company)
rendir menos de lo esperado underachieve (person)
rendir menos de lo posible underachieve (person)
todo menos far from (general); anything but (general)
venido a menos slovenly (clothing); down-at-the-heel (clothing); shabby (clothing); drooping (flagging); down-at-heel (clothing); down-at-heels (clothing); flagging (weakening); weakening (flagging)