minute Significado & definición

Significado de minute en español

• 0 a period of time equal to 60 seconds -- minuto

  • It’ll take you 30 minutes to get to the airport.

  • She was ten minutes late for her interview.

• 1 a very short period of time -- momento

  • I’ll be with you in a minute.

• 2 used when asking someone to wait for a short time -- (espera) un momento

  • Just a minute – I’ve left my coat in the restaurant.

• 3 at the latest time possible -- en el último momento

  • The concert was cancelled at the last minute.

• 4 very soon -- en cualquier momento

  • Her train will be arriving any minute.

• 5 the written record of what was said at a meeting -- el acta

  • Could you take/do (= write) the minutes, Daniel?

  • The minutes of the last meeting were approved unanimously (= everyone agreed that they were correct).

• 6 very small -- diminuto

  • Her hands are minute.

• 7 sixty seconds -- minuto [ masculine, singular ]

  • You will be logged out in one minute. Se le desconectará en un minuto.

  • We’re leaving in a few minutes. Nos vamos en unos minutos.

  • twenty minutes later veinte minutos después

• 8 a very short time -- minuto [ masculine, singular ]

  • It just takes a minute to fill out the form. Completar el formulario solo lleva un minuto.

  • For a minute, I didn’t know where I was. Por un minuto, no sabía dónde estaba.

  • They’ll be here any minute. Estarán aquí en cualquier momento.

• 9 used to ask sb to wait briefly -- espera solo un minuto

  • Just a minute, I’ll see if she’s here. Espera un momento, voy a ver si está aquí.

  • Wait a minute – that’s not what he said. Un momento – eso no es lo que dijo.

• 10 very small -- diminuto/ta [ masculine-feminine, singular ]

  • a minute hand-held radio una diminuta radio de mano