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Concise Oxford Paravia Italian Dictionary © 2009 Pearson Paravia Bruno Mondadori spa e Oxford University Press:
less /les/ (compar. di little) When less is used as a quantifier (less money), it is translated by meno: meno soldi. For examples and particular usages, see I in the entry below. - When less is used as a pronoun (you should have taken less), it is translated by meno: avresti dovuto prenderne meno. Less than is usually translated by meno di and even less by ancora meno. For examples and particular usages of these, see II in the entry below. - When less is used as an adverb followed by a verb, an adjective, or another adverb (to eat less, less interesting, less often), it is translated by meno: mangiare meno, meno interessante, meno spesso. For examples and particular usages, see III in the entry below. - For the phrase less and less, see III.2. - For less used as a preposition (less 10%), see IV.

quantif. meno;
~ beer meno birra;
I have ~ money than him ho meno soldi di lui;
of ~ value di minore valore;
to grow ~ diminuire

pron. meno;
I have ~ than you ne ho meno di te;
even ~ ancora meno;
~ than half meno della metà;
in ~ than three hours in meno di tre ore;
in ~ than no time in un batter d’occhio, in men che non si dica;
6 is ~ than 9 6 è più piccolo di 9;
a sum of not ~ than £ 10 una somma non inferiore alle 10 sterline;
he was ~ than helpful fu tutt’altro che disponibile;
it’s an improvement, but ~ of one than I had hoped è un miglioramento, ma inferiore a quanto sperassi;
he’s nothing ~ than a common criminal non è né più né meno che un criminale;
it’s nothing ~ than a scandal! è proprio uno scandalo!
he’s ~ of a fool than you think è meno scemo di quel che pensi;
they will think all the ~ of her for it avranno ancora meno stima di lei dopo questo;
£ 100 and not a penny ~! 100 sterline e non un penny di meno!
the ~ said about it the better meno si dice meglio è;
people have been shot for ~! c’è chi è stato ucciso per meno!

avv.
1. (di) meno;
  I liked it ~ than you did mi è piaciuto meno che a te;
  I dislike him no ~ than you non mi sta meno antipatico che a te;
  it matters ~ than it did before ha meno importanza di prima;
  he is no ~ qualified than you non è meno qualificato di te;
  it’s ~ a village than a town è più una città che un paese;
  the more I see him, the ~ I like him più lo vedo e meno mi piace;
  no ~ than 85% non meno dell’85%;
  they live in Kensington, no ~! abitano nientemeno che a Kensington!
  no ~ a person than the emperor nientemeno che l’imperatore;
  he was ~ offended than shocked era più scioccato che offeso
1. less and less sempre meno

prep. meno;
~ 15% discount meno il 15% di sconto.

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Inglese:

also - awe - behind - below - better - care - clean - declining - essentially - fighting - fortunate - haste - ill - lighten - little - little - little - loosen - moderate - more - much - no - not - note - nothing - otherwise - point - public - savoury - settle - short - soften - spite - substantially - than - the - training - trial - under - usual - well off - worse off

Italiano:

abbiente - diradare - fretta - giù - grossomodo - infischiarsi - mai - menefreghismo - menefreghista - meno - Mezzogiorno (or the Meridione) - minore - molto - né - niente - nientedimeno - occhio - più - poco - quanto - quattro - rado - sempre - soffio - solito - sprovincializzare - suppergiù - tanto - testualmente

Principal Translations/Traduzioni principali
less	adv	(to a smaller degree)	meno avv
He exercised less than she did.
Si esercita meno di lei.
less	pron	(smaller amount)	meno agg
The price is fifty dollars, and I won't take less.
Il prezzo è cinquanta dollari e non prenderò meno.

Additional Translations
less	adj	(smaller)	minore, più piccolo agg
Your pile of things is less than my pile of things.
Il tuo mucchio di cose è minore del mio.
less	adj	uncountable (fewer)	meno agg
There are less here than before.
Ce ne sono meno di prima.
less	prep	(minus)	meno avv
Four less three equals one.
Quattro meno tre è uguale a uno.
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Compound Forms/Forme composte
any less	adj	(to any lesser degree)	in misura minore
couldn't care less about	v	(feel completely apathetic towards) colloquiale, possibilmente volgare	non poter fregare di meno vi
I couldn't care less about the tabloid headlines.
Sai che ti dico? Non me ne può fregare di meno!
even less	adj	(not so, not as)	ancora meno prep
even less	adv	(to a smaller degree, in a smaller amount)	ancora meno avv
far less	adj	(not nearly so, nowhere near as)	ben inferiore agg
far less	adj	(not nearly as much)	ben meno agg
far less	adv	(to a much lesser degree)	ben meno avv
for less than			a meno di
I couldn't care less			Non me ne importa un cavolo!
less advanced			meno avanzato
less and less	adv	(to a progressively smaller degree)	sempre meno
As I get older, I like the hot weather less and less every year.
Invecchiando, ogni anno mi piace sempre meno il caldo.
less than	adj	(number: under, not as high as)	meno di agg
Her low score was less than satisfactory.
They have less than two weeks to finish the job.
Hanno meno di due settimane per completare il lavoro.
less than	adj	(not as much or as great as)	meno di agg
She ate less than her brother.
Five is less than seven.
Sara mangia meno del fratello.
		matematica	minore di agg
Cinque è minore di sette.
make less alarming	vtr	(lessen the shock of sth)	rendere meno allarmante vtr
The prime minister was accused of 'doctoring' crime figures to make them less alarming.
More haste, less speed	expr	(A task is done faster when care is taken)	più fretta meno velocità espr
Nota: Espressione che non trova equivalente in italiano.
more or less	adv	(to a greater or lesser extent)	più o meno avv
I have more or less decided to delay going to college for a year.
much less	n	(a considerably smaller quantity)	molto meno avv
Men have fought wars for much less.
much less	adv	(to a lesser degree)	ancora meno avv
I don't like horror films, much less comedy.
neither more nor less	n	(the same amount or degree)	né più né meno
neither more nor less	adv	(to the same amount or degree)	né più né meno
never the less	adv	(however, even so)	ciò nonostante, ciò nondimeno
no less	adv	(however surprising that seems)	nientemeno, nientedimeno, nientepopodimeno avv
He came top of his class, no less!
Pensa, era un povero immigrato ed è diventato nientedimeno che il sindaco!
no less	pron	(nothing inferior)	non meno avv
I want no less than a front row seat at this concert - I've been looking forward to it for months.
Voglio non meno di una poltrona frontale al concerto, me lo voglio proprio godere.
no less	adv	(not any less, not to any lesser degree)	niente meno avv
no less than	prep	(at least, the same as or more)	niente meno che
It is no less than a scandal that the minister of health believes such discredited theories.
no more and no less	n	(an equal amount or degree)	né più né meno
no more and no less	adv	(equally)	né più né meno
no more and no less	adj	(exactly)	né più né meno
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Forum discussions with the word(s) 'less' in the title:
Discussioni nei forum nel cui titolo è presente la parola 'less':

A less well-paid career
a million times less
a purchase of not less than 10 gross of individual items
achieving more by doing less
Although it is less widely spoken than Spanish
anything less than
Anything less will risk harm to our relationship
are less and less so
are much less common a problem
As if the beasts would love to be less beastly
assault less than murder
at least x less than
based on less-than-reliable evidence
But it comes at a price: less and less privacy.
Challenging anything that is less than the best
Chatspeak: I less than 3 you, I <3 you
costs less
didn't take any less pride in
far less
far less power than
give the literary less room
Have less to fear
having been more or less paralysed
How old is the baby? (less than one year old)
I broke more or less even
I couldn't care less
I couldn't care less attitude
I feel less than a stake in this world... I'm at my weakest
I love you more each day, more than yesterday, less than tomorrow.
I never expect that after 30 hits your sword was 3 inches less than mine
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