bit by bit

English

Adverb

bit by bit (not comparable)

A small amount at a time
Synonyms: little by little, incrementally, step by step, stepwise, footmeal, gradatim, piece by piece

Translations

a small amount at a time

Arabic:
Gulf Arabic: شوي شوي‎ (šway šway)
Armenian: կամաց-կամաց (kamacʿ-kamacʿ)
Asturian: a poco a poco
Catalan: a poc a poc (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: ^{(please verify)} 一啲一啲 (jat¹ di¹ jat¹ di¹), 漸漸／渐渐 (zim⁶ zim⁶, zim⁶ zim^6-2), 逐漸／逐渐 (zuk⁶ zim⁶, zuk⁶ zim^6-2)

Mandarin: 逐漸／逐渐 (zh) (zhújiàn), 漸漸／渐渐 (zh) (jiànjiàn)
Danish: lidt efter lidt, peu à peu pø om pø
Dutch: beetje bij beetje
Esperanto: iom post iom
Extremaduran: pocu a pocu
Faroese: smátt um smátt, so við og við, (colloq.) pø á pø
Finnish: hiljalleen (fi), pala palalta, pikkuhiljaa (fi), vähän kerrassaan, vähitellen (fi), vähä vähältä (fi),
French: peu à peu (fr), petit à petit (fr)
Galician: aos poucos, pouco a pouco, pouco e pouco
Georgian: ცოტ-ცოტა (coṭ-coṭa), ნელ-ნელა (nel-nela)
German: Stück für Stück, nach und nach (de), allmählich (de) peu à peu (de)
Hebrew: מעט מעט‎
Hiligaynon: ^{(please verify)} amat-amat lang
Hungarian: apránként (hu), lassanként (hu)
Irish: ó ghiota go giota
Italian: a poco a poco, man mano
Japanese: 少しずつ (すこしずつ, sukoshizutsu), 追々 (oioi)
Khmer: បន្តិចម្ដង ៗ (bɑntəch mdɑɑng bɑntəch mdɑɑng)
Korean: 야금야금 (ko) (yageumyageum)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: کەم کەم‎ (kem kem), نەختە نەختە‎ (nexte nexte)
Latin: paulātim, tractim, pauxillātim
Luxembourgish: no an no
Macedonian: малку по малку (malku po malku), малце по малце (malce po malce)
Maori: turuki
Navajo: tąądee
Norwegian: pø om pø
Bokmål: litt etter litt, litt etter hvert, pø om pø

Nynorsk: litt etter litt, litt etter kvart
Occitan: pauc a pauc
Persian: کم‌کم‎ (fa) (kam-kam)
Plautdietsch: bessawiess
Polish: krok po kroku (pl), po trochu
Portuguese: de pouco em pouco, pouco a pouco (pt), aos poucos (pt)
Romanian: puțin câte puțin
Russian: ма́ло-пома́лу (ru) (málo-pomálu), понемно́гу (ru) (ponemnógu), постепе́нно (ru) (postepénno)
Scottish Gaelic: mean air mhean, beag air bheag, ceum is ceum
Spanish: poco a poco (es), a poquitos
Swedish: lite i taget, pö om pö (sv), bit för bit, efterhand (sv)
Tagalog: ^{(please verify)} paunti-unti lang
Turkish: az az (tr), azar azar (tr)
Ukrainian: потро́ху (uk) (potróxu)
Vietnamese: dần dần (vi)
Walloon: pitchote a midjote (wa)
Yiddish: שטיקלעכווײַז‎ (shtiklekhvayz)

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