more or less

• Expressão idiomática usada para indicar aproximação, significando 'aproximadamente', 'cerca de' ou 'em certa medida'. Indica que algo não é exato, mas suficientemente próximo.

An idiomatic expression used to indicate approximation, meaning 'approximately', 'roughly', or 'to some extent'. It suggests that something is not exact but close enough.

1. ApproximatelyA2informal

   Used to indicate that a number or amount is not exact but close.

   Mais ou menos

   • The project will take more or less two weeks to complete.
   • There were more or less fifty people at the party.
   • The distance is more or less ten miles from here.

2. To some extentB1informal

   Used to indicate that something is true in a general way, but not completely.

   Mais ou menos

   • I more or less agree with your opinion.
   • The plan is more or less finished.
   • He more or less admitted he was wrong.