Käännös "ser algo menos" englanti

Ser algo menos

• be something less
• be somewhat less

Käännösesimerkit

be something less

Heathcliff era un hombre de verdad, pero incomprendido, forzado a ser algo menos.
Heathcliff was a real man, but misunderstood, forced to be something less.

¿Cabía la duda, alguna posibilidad de que solo estuviera mal algo, y de que ese «algo» resultara ser algo menos letal?
Was there any room for doubt, any chance of there being just something wrong, and of that “something” turning out to be something less lethal?

Pretendía ser algo menos directo, pero no encontró una manera menos franca de plantear la pregunta. —Depende.
He had intended to say something less direct, but there was nothing less direct that he could say. “Depends.

No pocas veces se le preguntó qué podría hacer un simple detective de las fuerzas policiales regulares (cuyo saber en álgebra suele ser bastante menos que elemental) enfrentado con un caso tan «simple».
He has been asked, as a result of such remarks, what a poor untutored first-grade detective on the regular police force—whose training in algebra might be something less than elementary—could be expected to make of such a “simple” case.

be somewhat less

133. Aunque no es posible realizar una comparación directa, ya que la pregunta no estaba estructurada de la misma manera que la pregunta anterior, la evaluación global de los equipos regionales parece ser algo menos favorable que en el caso de la sede.
133. Although no direct comparison is possible, as this question was not structured in the same way as the previous question, the overall assessment of regional teams appears somewhat less favourable than that of headquarters.