few

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adjective/pronoun

poucos

1. a small number of; not many

There are few people in the library today.

Há poucas pessoas na biblioteca hoje.

2. used to emphasize the smallness of a number

Only a few students passed the difficult exam.

Apenas alguns poucos estudantes passaram no exame difícil.

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Regional Variations

General Brazilian

poucos

most common usage

São Paulo

poucos

standard usage

Portugal

poucos

standard usage, identical to Brazilian Portuguese

a few and far between - raro, espaçado

few and far between - coisa rara

in a few - em poucos dias/horas

the few - os poucos eleitos

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