a pocos lances
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a ˌpokos ˈlanθes/ [a ˌpo.kos ˈlãn̟.θes] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /a ˌpokos ˈlanses/ [a ˌpo.kos ˈlãn.ses] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: a po‧cos lan‧ces
Adverb
- (idiomatic, archaic) in two shakes of a lamb's tail; briefly; in brief
Further reading
- “a pocos lances”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024