¿Qué significa rather en inglés?

Puede aprender rather pronunciación, gramática y sinónimos en este diccionario de inglés de gran autoridad.

rather Significado & definición

0 instead of -- en lugar de
- He saw his music as a hobby rather than a career.
1 If you would rather do something, you would prefer to do that thing. -- se usa para expresar una preferencia
- I’d much rather go out for dinner than stay at home and watch TV.
2 slightly -- un tanto
- I find her books rather dull.
3 used to change something you have just said and make it more correct -- más bien
- The music, or rather noise, from the party upstairs went on all night.
4 to a fairly large degree -- bastante
- a rather boring speech un discurso bastante aburrido
5 used to correct what you have just said -- más bien
- We were invited to a party, or rather two parties. Nos invitaron a una fiesta, o mejor dicho a dos fiestas.
6 instead of -- más que
- We could go inside, rather than sitting out here in the wind. Podríamos entrar, en lugar de sentarnos aquí al viento.
- Rather than wait any longer, we decided to leave. En lugar de esperar más, decidimos irnos.
7 indicates what sb prefers -- mejor que
- I’d rather see a comedy than a drama tonight. Prefiero ver una comedia que un drama esta noche.
- “Would you like to try it?” “Thanks, I’d rather not.” “¿Le gustaría probarlo?” “Gracias, preferiría no hacerlo”.

Apart from anything else, it's often rather unsatisfactory to do so in the subjunctive.
Originally, this report was rather complex and quite theoretical, too theoretical, in fact.
It is not an educational or training programme, but rather a one-sided propaganda organization.
Rather, the right way forward is to diversify.
It sounds rather old-fashioned, but economics is not a science.
This perception betrays a rather narrow-minded budgetary policy.
Voluntary labelling schemes are a rather odd step.
I hope that my rather pessimistic assessment is not proved correct by events.