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Learn Spanish (Spain): por poco - almost by a narrow margin

Spanish (Spain)
/Averted events (por poco)
/por poco

por poco

Word

por poco

Meaning

almost (by a narrow margin)

Part of speech

adverb

Pronunciation

Course

Spanish (Spain)

Lesson

Averted events (por poco)

Usages of por poco

El suelo está muy resbaladizo y por poco me caigo.

The floor is very slippery and I almost fell.

Ayer por poco vuelco la tetera de mi abuela.

Yesterday I almost knocked over my grandmother's teapot.

Por ser tan torpe, el niño por poco vuelca el taburete.

Because he is so clumsy, the boy almost knocked over the stool.

Señora, ¿la tetera es suya? Por poco cae de la repisa.

Ma'am, is the teapot yours? It almost fell from the ledge.

Fue un mal día; por poco vuelco el caldo caliente.

It was a bad day; I almost knocked over the hot broth.

La chica dejó el plato en el borde y por poco derrama el caldo.

The girl left the plate on the edge and she almost spilled the broth.

Por mirar el móvil, por poco rompo la tetera.

Because I was looking at my mobile, I almost broke the teapot.

Ese caldo riquísimo es suyo, señor, ¡y por poco lo vuelco!

That delicious broth is yours, sir, and I almost knocked it over!

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