Usage examples of "menor" in Spanish with translation to English

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Yo no tengo hermana menor. I don't have a younger sister.
La sinfonía está en llave de sol menor. The key of the symphony is G minor.
Su hijo menor tiene cinco años. His youngest son is five years old.
La población de Japón es menor que la de America. The population of Japan is less than America.
Australia es menor en tamaño que Sudamérica. Australia is smaller in size than South America.
Esa es la menor de mis preocupaciones. That's the least of my worries.
Él es mi hermano menor. He's my younger brother.
Él interpretó un rol menor en la obra. He played a minor part in the play.
El hijo menor de ella tiene cinco años. His youngest son is five years old.
El tiempo que las mujeres pasan haciendo las tareas domésticas ahora es mucho menor de lo que solía ser. The time women spend doing housework is now a lot less than it used to be.
La población de Europa es menor que la de Asia. Europe has a smaller population than Asia.
Soy cuatro años menor que él. I am four years younger than him.
Está detenido por poner en peligro el bienestar de un menor. You're under arrest for endangering the welfare of a minor.
A mi hermano menor lo crió nuestra abuela. My youngest brother was brought up by our grandmother.
Probablemente sea el primer ministro del exterior polaco de la historia que diga esto, pero allá voy: es menor el miedo que tengo del poder alemán que el que estoy empezando a tener de su inactividad. I will probably be the first Polish foreign minister in history to say so, but here it is: I fear German power less than I am beginning to fear German inactivity.
La población de Australia es mucho menor que la de Japón. The population of Australia is much smaller than that of Japan.
Tom es tres años menor que Mary. Tom is three years younger than Mary.
Un par de vuelos fueron retrasados en vista de un accidente menor. A couple of flights were delayed on account of a minor accident.
Puede no haber sido la culpa de mi hermano menor, pero tampoco fue mía. It mightn't have been my youngest brother's fault, but it wasn't mine either.
Mary es la hermana menor de Tom. Mary is Tom's younger sister.
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