more or less

más o menos, aproximadamente

Indica que una cifra o cantidad no es exacta, pero se acerca a la real.

En inglés sencillo: Used to show that a number or amount is close to the correct one.

• It costs twenty pounds, more or less.
• The two bags weigh more or less the same.
• We waited an hour, more or less.

Sinónimos: approximately, roughly, about

Antónimos: exactly

Expresiones frecuentes: more or less ten, more or less equal

casi, prácticamente

Indica que algo es prácticamente cierto o está casi terminado.

En inglés sencillo: Used to say that something is nearly true or nearly complete.

• The work is more or less finished.
• We had more or less agreed before the meeting.
• Have you more or less recovered from your cold?

Sinónimos: almost, nearly, practically

Expresiones frecuentes: more or less finished, more or less ready

más o menos, aproximadamente

Se usa al dar una cifra o cantidad cercana a la real, sin afirmar que sea exacta.

En inglés sencillo: Used when giving a number or amount that is close to the correct one.

• There were fifty guests, more or less.
• The journey took three hours, more or less.
• Both repairs cost more or less the same amount.

Sinónimos: approximately, roughly, about

Antónimos: exactly

Expresiones frecuentes: more or less twenty, more or less equal