um poucão

Portuguese

Etymology

From um pouco +‎ -ão.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ũ po(w)ˈkɐ̃w̃/ [ũ po(ʊ̯)ˈkɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ũ po(w)ˈkɐ̃w̃/
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ũ powˈkɐ̃w̃/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ũ poˈkɐ̃w̃/

Adverb

um poucão (not comparable)

  1. (humorous) a lottle (something that is more than a little, but less than a lot)
    • 2021 October 26, Mauricio Savino, Um sonho… Uma história… Que não acabou.‎[1], Simplíssimo, →ISBN:
      —Ai, que bom. Então voce gosta de mim? / —Não muito. Só um "poucão assimmmm".
      —Oh, that's nice. So you like me? /—Not really. Just a "lottle".
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