un pelo

a hair

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phrase Rare #30,041
a hair Often used in expressions to mean a very small amount or distance: no me gusta un pelo = I don't like it at all; a un pelo de distancia = a hair's breadth away.
SP: Por poco gana la carrera: perdió por un pelo.
EN: He almost won the race: he lost by a hair.

Hay un pelo en mi sopa.

There’s a hair in my soup.

Ella no tiene un pelo de tonta.

She's no fool.

La genialidad y la locura están a un pelo de distancia.

Genius and madness are just a hair's breadth apart.

Ha faltado un pelo.

It was a close call.

Nadie en Roma le tocaría un pelo.

Nobody in Rome would lay a finger on him.

— Las noches de Cabiria (1957)

No me gustaba un pelo.

I didn't like it one bit.

No me gusta ni un pelo.

I don't like it one bit.

— Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal (2001)

No sabía que tenías un pelo tan bonito.

I didn't know you had such beautiful hair.

— Haz lo que debas (1989)

Eso no me gusta un pelo.

I don't like that one bit.

— Los Tenenbaums. Una familia de genios (2001)