en menos de

in less than

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phrase Uncommon #12,424

in less than Used to express that something happens within a shorter time or amount than stated.

SP: Puedo terminarlo en menos de una hora.

EN: I can finish it in less than an hour.

I'll see him in less than a week.

I solved all the exercises in less than half an hour.

You can get there in less than thirty minutes.

I can get the gun for you in less than five hours.

We need to deliver two presentations in less than four hours.

— Song Sung Blue - Canción para dos (2025)

Tom will be back in less than thirty minutes.

The wedding is in less than three months.

In less than two minutes.

— La ciudad de las estrellas (La La Land) (2016)

He read the Hebrew translation of the Quran in less than a week.

I can recite the alphabet backwards in less than five seconds.

Tickets sold out in less than a week.

If two people got into a fight over something stupid, before you knew it, one of them was dead.

— Uno de los nuestros (1990)

Tom was able to get there in less than twenty minutes.

I finished reading this novel in less than three days.

The second death in less than two weeks.

— Pixote, la ley del más débil (1980)

Gordo was arrested in less than two months.

— Carandiru (2003)