un pelo

one bit

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one bit In negative expressions like “no me gusta un pelo,” it means “not one bit.” It can also refer to a very small distance or margin, as in “faltó un pelo” (“it was very close”).

SP: No me preocupa un pelo.

EN: It doesn’t worry me one bit.

Eso no me gusta un pelo.

I don't like that one bit.

— Los excéntricos Tenenbaums (2001)

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

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

No sabía que tenías un pelo tan bonito.

I didn't know you had such beautiful hair.

— Haz lo correcto (1989)

Ella no tiene un pelo de tonta.

She's no fool.

Nadie en Roma le tocaría un pelo.

Nobody in Rome would lay a finger on him.

— Le notti di Cabiria (1957)

No me gustaba un pelo.

I didn't like it one bit.

Ha faltado un pelo.

It was a close call.

No me gusta ni un pelo.

I don't like it one bit.

— Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal (2001)

Pero no de mí, aunque estuvo en un pelo que así fuera.

But not from me, though it was a close call.

— Pedro Páramo (2024)