Meaning of QUITE A FEW - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles

So the phrase "quite a few" can be somewhat confusing for people who are learning English

Entonces, la frase "bastantes" puede ser algo confusa para las personas que están aprendiendo inglés

because you might have learned the word "few" and if I was to say, "I went to watch a basketball

porque es posible que hayas aprendido la palabra "pocos" y si tuviera que decir: "Fui a ver un

game and there only a few spectators there."

partido de baloncesto y solo había unos pocos espectadores". ."

It means that there wasn't very many spectators there to watch the sport.

Significa que no había muchos espectadores allí para ver el deporte.

But if I go to a basketball game and I say that there were quite a few spectators there

Pero si voy a un partido de baloncesto y digo que había bastantes espectadores allí,

it actually means that there a lot of spectators there.

en realidad significa que había muchos espectadores allí.

So if I was to say there were just a few or there were a few it would mean that there

Entonces, si dijera que solo hubo unos pocos o hubo algunos, significaría que

weren't very many but if I was to say that there were quite a few it would mean that

no hubo muchos, pero si dijera que hubo bastantes, significaría que

there are a lot there.

hay muchos.

Right now I'm making supper for my family.

Ahora mismo estoy haciendo la cena para mi familia.

I shouldn't be outside because I have quite a few things on the stove cooking right now,

No debería estar afuera porque tengo bastantes cosas cocinando en la estufa en este momento,

and I shouldn't be outside without watching them, so I'm gonna go back in now.

y no debería estar afuera sin mirarlas, así que voy a volver a entrar ahora.