How to Say "hair's breadth" in Spanish
The Spanish word for “hair's breadth” is “milímetro” — A1 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.
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nounA1
figuratively, to describe a very tiny distance or margin
Examples
La hormiga mide solo unos milímetros.
The ant is only a few millimeters long.
Necesito una llave de diez milímetros para arreglar la bicicleta.
I need a ten-millimeter wrench to fix the bike.
Perdió la carrera por apenas un milímetro.
He lost the race by just a millimeter.
Gender and Articles
The word is masculine, so always use 'el' or 'un'. Because it ends in 'o', it follows the most common pattern for masculine words.
Describing Measurements
When you want to say how big something is, use the word 'de' after the object: 'un tornillo DE cinco milímetros' (a five-millimeter screw).
The Missing Accent
Mistake: “milimetro”
Correction: milímetro
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