bit by bit

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From bit + by + bit. Compare West Frisian bytsje by bytsje (“bit by bit”), Dutch beetje bij beetje (“bit by bit”).

91 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: شوي شوي (šway šway) — a small amount at a time
• Armenian: կամաց-կամաց (kamacʻ-kamacʻ) — a small amount at a time
• Asturian: a poco a poco — a small amount at a time
• Basque: pixkana-pixkana — a small amount at a time
• Catalan: a poc a poc — a small amount at a time
• Chinese Cantonese: 漸漸 /渐渐 — a small amount at a time
• Chinese Cantonese: 逐漸 /逐渐 — a small amount at a time
• Chinese Mandarin: 逐漸 /逐渐 (zhújiàn) — a small amount at a time
• Chinese Mandarin: 漸漸 /渐渐 (jiànjiàn) — a small amount at a time
• Danish: lidt efter lidt — a small amount at a time
• Danish: peu à peu pø om pø — a small amount at a time
• Dutch: beetje bij beetje — a small amount at a time
• Esperanto: iom post iom — a small amount at a time
• Extremaduran: pocu a pocu — a small amount at a time
• Faroese: smátt um smátt — a small amount at a time
• Faroese: so við og við — a small amount at a time
• Faroese: pø á pø — a small amount at a time
• Finnish: hiljalleen — a small amount at a time
• Finnish: pala palalta — a small amount at a time
• Finnish: pikkuhiljaa — a small amount at a time
• Finnish: vähän kerrassaan — a small amount at a time
• Finnish: vähitellen — a small amount at a time
• Finnish: vähä vähältä — a small amount at a time
• French: peu à peu — a small amount at a time
• French: petit à petit — a small amount at a time
• Galician: aos poucos — a small amount at a time
• Galician: pouco a pouco — a small amount at a time
• Galician: pouco e pouco — a small amount at a time
• Georgian: ცოტ-ცოტა (coṭ-coṭa) — a small amount at a time
• Georgian: ნელ-ნელა (nel-nela) — a small amount at a time
• German: Stück für Stück — a small amount at a time
• German: nach und nach — a small amount at a time
• German: allmählich peu à peu — a small amount at a time
• Hebrew: מעט מעט — a small amount at a time
• Hungarian: apránként — a small amount at a time
• Hungarian: lassanként — a small amount at a time
• Irish: ó ghiota go giota — a small amount at a time
• Italian: a poco a poco — a small amount at a time
• Italian: man mano — a small amount at a time
• Japanese: 少しずつ (sukoshizutsu) — a small amount at a time
• Japanese: 追々 (oioi) — a small amount at a time
• Kankanaey: at-iat-ik — a small amount at a time
• Khmer: បន្តិចម្ដង ៗ (bɑntəch mdɑɑng bɑntəch mdɑɑng) — a small amount at a time
• Korean: 야금야금 (yageumyageum) — a small amount at a time
• Central Kurdish: کەم کەم (kem kem) — a small amount at a time
• Central Kurdish: نەختە نەختە (nexte nexte) — a small amount at a time
• Latin: paulātim — a small amount at a time
• Latin: tractim — a small amount at a time
• Latin: pauxillātim — a small amount at a time
• Luxembourgish: no an no — a small amount at a time
• Macedonian: малку по малку (malku po malku) — a small amount at a time
• Macedonian: малце по малце (malce po malce) — a small amount at a time
• Māori: turuki — a small amount at a time
• Navajo: tąądee — a small amount at a time
• Norwegian: pø om pø — a small amount at a time
• Norwegian Bokmål: litt etter litt — a small amount at a time
• Norwegian Bokmål: litt etter hvert — a small amount at a time
• Norwegian Bokmål: pø om pø — a small amount at a time
• Norwegian Nynorsk: litt etter litt — a small amount at a time
• Norwegian Nynorsk: litt etter kvart — a small amount at a time
• Occitan: pauc a pauc — a small amount at a time
• Persian: کمکم (kam-kam) — a small amount at a time
• Plautdietsch: bessawiess — a small amount at a time
• Polish: krok po kroku — a small amount at a time
• Polish: po trochu — a small amount at a time
• Portuguese: de pouco em pouco — a small amount at a time
• Portuguese: pouco a pouco — a small amount at a time
• Portuguese: aos poucos — a small amount at a time
• Romanian: puțin câte puțin — a small amount at a time
• Russian: ма́ло-пома́лу (málo-pomálu) — a small amount at a time
• Russian: понемно́гу (ponemnógu) — a small amount at a time
• Russian: постепе́нно (postepénno) — a small amount at a time
• Scottish Gaelic: mean air mhean — a small amount at a time
• Scottish Gaelic: beag air bheag — a small amount at a time
• Scottish Gaelic: ceum is ceum — a small amount at a time
• Spanish: poco a poco — a small amount at a time
• Spanish: a poquitos — a small amount at a time
• Swedish: lite i taget — a small amount at a time
• Swedish: pö om pö — a small amount at a time
• Swedish: bit för bit — a small amount at a time
• Swedish: efterhand — a small amount at a time
• Tagalog: paunti-unti — a small amount at a time
• Turkish: az az — a small amount at a time
• Turkish: azar azar — a small amount at a time
• Ukrainian: потро́ху (potróxu) — a small amount at a time
• Vietnamese: dần dần — a small amount at a time
• Walloon: pitchote a midjote — a small amount at a time
• Welsh: bob yn dipyn — a small amount at a time
• Welsh: fesul tipyn — a small amount at a time
• Welsh: bob yn ronyn — a small amount at a time
• Yiddish: שטיקלעכווײַז (shtiklekhvayz) — a small amount at a time