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quite
/kwaɪt/Translation
adv
› UK
⇨ bastante
You know the vocabulary quite well Te sabes el vocabulario bastante bien
He's quite a good player, but his brother is outstanding Es un jugador bastante bueno, pero su hermano es excepcional
›
⇨ completamente
Are you quite sure that you want to go to the zoo in this weather? ¿Estás completamente segura de que quieres ir al zoo con el mal tiempo que hace?
⇨ totalmente
›
⇨ exactamente
It's not quite what we wanted No es exactamente lo que queremos
quite!
⇨ ¡exactamente!
⇨ ¡precisamente!
quite {a bit/a lot}
⇨ bastante cantidad
⇨ mucho,cha
He usually eats quite a lot at lunch time Suele comer mucho en el almuerzo
quite a few
⇨ bastantes
There are quite a few girls in our football team Hay bastantes chicas en nuestro equipo de fútbol
⇨ unos cuantos, unas cuantas
(Definition of quite adv from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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