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Meanings of trifle in anglès

portuguès
bagatela
català
petitesa

Something of small importance.

petitesa
portuguès
desperdiçar

Waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently.

desperdiçar
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Examples for "trivia"
Examples for "trivia"
1
Ivy Leaguers debate the finer points of sports trivia with high-school dropouts.
The Guardian
2
Not to test Trump's knowledge of terms and trivia, but his judgment.
The Guardian
3
So I'm not sure that the public are in love with trivia.
The Guardian
4
The occupants were cloistered in a windowless conference room arguing administrative trivia.
Devil Bones
5
Then they made trivia games truly interactive with You Don't Know Jack.
Wired
1
Mr Seymour said their application for residency was rejected on a technicality.
Radio NZ
2
You're just thinking in terms of pure technicality or in economic terms.
Wired
3
In the end the hold-up may simply be down to a technicality.
Reuters
4
But that parliamentary technicality was overwhelmed by the surge of political indignation.
The Guardian
5
In Stephanie and WER's view, marriage was a technicality, not an event.
Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human
1
But space was a triviality in a place that didn't truly exist.
A nameless witch
2
We all understand the triviality as well as the importance of music.
The new yorker
3
But the triviality died on her lips as the truth had died.
The Native Born; or, the Rajah's People
4
The sound reduced everything else that was on their minds to triviality.
Acts of faith
5
No sport links indignation and triviality to a greater degree than golf.
The Guardian
1
But Bertie Ahern's difficulties are small beer by comparison with Tony Blair's.
The Irish Times
2
His supper consists of an egg and a draught of small beer.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2
3
Every morning a bit of dry bread and some bad small beer.
Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1
4
There are two firkins of small beer and a tun of canary.
Sir Nigel
5
Malt liquors are divided into small beer, strong beer, ale, and porter.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 10,...

Consider not very seriously.

An unsubstantial thing.

Usage of trifle in anglès
1
Never less than clear, but... perhaps... perfectly clear but a trifle sketchy?
Drood: a novel
2
Poppy is a trifle more particular about the soil it grows in.
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
3
Sometimes I think he stretches the limits of the law a trifle.
One for the money
4
The sole of the shoe was a trifle larger than the footprints.
The Abandoned Room
5
Blanche leaned back in the steamer chair and turned a trifle pale.
In a Steamer Chair, and Other Stories
6
At the same time he is not worse; perhaps a trifle better.
Armadale
7
The most insignificant trifle affected him; he was a noli me tangere.
Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 2
8
The window and open door let in a trifle of light, though.
Savage
9
The Prince was a trifle cruel; but perhaps his hand trembled, too.
Arms and the Woman
10
Aghast and perhaps a trifle conscience-stricken, I stood stock-still in the sunshine.
The Millionaire Baby
11
Smart diners in the immediate neighbourhood appeared to be a trifle shocked.
The Prince of Graustark
12
Mr. Cook was a trifle cool in his greeting to the chauffeur.
Bob Cook and the German Spy
13
Just for a second the muscles in his throat tightened a trifle.
Molly Make-Believe
14
She believed it would be nothing or a trifle; she was mistaken.
Penguin Island
15
The young man in the discovery shaft was a trifle disconcerted, apparently.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst o...
16
My broken promise is a trifle in view of what caused it.
The Emancipated
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Trifle through the time
Trifle across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Rare