un poco de
adv.
a bit of, a little of, an ace of
un poco de
= a measure of, a bit of, a piece of, a spot of
Ex: Perhaps since they have only an inadequate measure of only one of the five characteristics, the schools ought to recognize their inability to deal with the problems and give up. Ex: Maybe when that young author looks back in a few years' time, she'll realize just how much more she got out of it than a bit of fun and fame. Ex: In a classification scheme each subject is allocated a piece of notation, and that notation is used to represent the subject. Ex: Test for acidity with a spot of chlorophenol solution (0-42 gm. chlorophenol in 1,000 ml. distilled water).