por poco

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poɾ ˈpoko/ [poɾ ˈpo.ko]
• Syllabification: por po‧co

Adverb

por poco

1. almost, nearly, narrowly

   Por poco encontré María.

   I almost ran into Maria.

See also

• casi

Further reading

• “por poco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28