menor

younger, minor, smaller, less, underage person

m e ˈn o ɾ
adjective Common #6,911
younger, minor Often used in comparisons (e.g., “menor que” = “less than/younger than”).
SP: Mi hermano es menor que yo.
EN: My brother is younger than me.
smaller, less Used to talk about size, amount, or importance (often with “que”).
SP: Este problema es menor que el de ayer.
EN: This problem is smaller/less serious than yesterday’s.
Forms of menor
menormenores

La hermana menor es más sentimental que la otra.

The younger sister is more sentimental than the other one.

Es un problema menor.

It’s a minor problem.

Él es dos años menor que yo.

He is two years younger than me.

Pia, problema menor.

Pia, minor problem.

— 3 Idiots (2009)

José y María son el padrino y la madrina de mi hijo menor.

José and María are the godfather and godmother of my youngest son.

Ella es menor que su hija.

She is younger than her daughter.

Yo no tengo hermana menor.

I don't have a younger sister.

Soy cuatro años menor que él.

I am four years younger than him.

Mary era como una hermana menor para mí.

Mary was like a younger sister to me.

Tom es el niño menor en su familia.

Tom is the youngest child in his family.

Hermano Baines estafador menor, pero una mano lava la otra.

Brother Baines is a minor con artist, but one hand washes the other.

— Malcolm X (1992)

Este no es un problema menor.

This is not a minor problem.

Si la cantidad es menor, que otro pierda el tiempo.

If the amount is less, let someone else waste their time.

— American Gangster (2007)

Entre dos males, elige el menor.

Between two evils, choose the lesser.

Brilla, como el ojo, pero con menor intensidad.

It shines, like the eye, but with less intensity.

Tengo un hermano mayor y una hermana menor.

I have an older brother and a younger sister.

De dos males, elige el menor.

Of two evils, choose the lesser.

Es una herida menor.

It’s a minor wound.

Rahila era unos años menor.

Rahila was a few years younger.

— Sólo se vive una vez (2011)

Menor.

Minor.

— Cidade dos Homens (2007)

Yo soy menor que él.

I am younger than him.

Con el calor hay menor riesgo de tormenta.

With the heat, there’s less risk of a storm.

— La sociedad de la nieve (2023)

Por una sentencia menor.

For a minor sentence.

— Un profeta (2009)

Australia es menor en tamaño que Sudamérica.

Australia is smaller in size than South America.

La población de Australia es mucho menor que la de Japón.

Australia's population is much smaller than Japan's.

Tom compartía el dormitorio con su hermana menor Mary.

Tom shared the bedroom with his younger sister Mary.

Planeo mudarme a donde haya un menor costo de vida.

I plan to move to a place with a lower cost of living.

Y eso no es un detalle menor.

And that is no minor detail.

— El hoyo (2019)

Quizá solo sea judía en menor medida.

Perhaps she is Jewish only to a lesser extent.

— Ha vuelto (2015)

La hija menor de Tom está casada.

Tom's youngest daughter is married.

Ella es cinco años menor que yo.

She is five years younger than me.

Su hermana menor ¿también vino?

Did her younger sister come too?

— El mundo (2004)

Me diste lástima cuando eras menor.

I felt sorry for you when you were younger.

— Thirst (2009)

Esto es menor que aquello.

This is less than that.

De mayor a menor.

From largest to smallest.

— TÁR (2022)

No sé si es mayor o menor que yo.

I don't know if he's older or younger than me.

Yo creo en tu hermana menor.

I believe in your younger sister.

— Guardianes de la Noche: Tren infinito (2020)

Bueno, soy como su hermana menor.

Well, I’m like her younger sister.

— Suzume (2022)

Algo como la Misa en si menor de Bach.

Something like Bach's Mass in B minor.

— TÁR (2022)

El mal menor.

The lesser evil.

— Perfectos desconocidos (2016)

Recuerden, al menor movimiento, cierren los ojos.

Remember, at the slightest movement, close your eyes.

Él interpretó un rol menor en la obra.

He played a minor role in the play.

Es menor.

It's minor.

Cookie es diez años menor que Kate.

Cookie is ten years younger than Kate.

El sueldo de un maestro es menor del de un abogado.

A teacher's salary is lower than a lawyer's.

Soy dos años menor que él.

I am two years younger than him.

Su hijo menor tiene cinco años.

His youngest son is five years old.

Yo la considero a ella como una hermana menor.

I consider her like a younger sister.

Con mucho gusto, mi bella hermanita menor.

With pleasure, my beautiful little sister.

— Malcolm X (1992)

noun Rare #39,698
minor, underage person Often used in legal/official contexts to refer to someone under 18.
SP: El menor viaja con su madre.
EN: The minor is traveling with his mother.
Declension of menor
menoresmenor

Violación de una menor.

Rape of a minor.

— State and Main (2000)

A Fadil le arrestaron por secuestrar a un menor.

Fadil was arrested for kidnapping a minor.

Dale el agua al menor.

Give the water to the minor.

— ¡Kin-Dza-Dza! (1986)

Y al menor lo mandas a la pista.

And you send the youngest one out onto the dance floor.

— Cidade dos Homens (2007)

Participación en la violación de una menor.

Participation in the rape of a minor.

— State and Main (2000)

El menor ganará.

The younger one will win.

— Dangal (2016)

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