mayor [mɛəʳ]
mayor [ˈmeə(r)]
sustantivo
1alcalde (m)
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mayor [meiar]
sustantivo
1Alcalde, corregidor, el magistrado principal de una ciudad.
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mayor
adjective
1(comparativo) bigger
(en tamaño)
(que than); greater
(que than); older
(que than); higher
(que than) (en importancia)(en edad)(en número)
2(superlativo)
- el/la mayor… (en importancia)(en edad)(en número) -> the biggest…; (en tamaño) the greatest…; (en importancia) the oldest…; (en edad) the highest… (en número)
- la mayor de las islas -> the biggest island, the biggest of the islands
3
grown-up
(adulto)
- cuando sea mayor -> when I grow up
- ser mayor de edad -> to be an adult
4
older
(no joven)
; elderly
(anciano)
- una mujer mayor -> an older woman
- ser muy mayor -> to be very old
- las personas mayores -> the elderly (los ancianos)
5
main
(principal) (plaza, calle, palo)
6
(Mús)
- en do mayor -> in C major
7
(commerce)
- al por mayor -> wholesale
masculine or feminine noun
also:
- el/la mayor -> the eldest (hijo, hermano)
- mayores -> grown-ups; (adultos) ancestors, forefathers (antepasados)
- es una película/revista para mayores -> it's an adult movie/magazine
8
major
(military)
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mayor [mah-yor’]
adjective
1
Greater, larger.
- Hombre mayor -> an elderly man, also a man of great age
2
High (atar, calle; main, principal (plaza).
3
Main, major, larger (parte).
4
Head (en rango).
5
(Superl.) Biggest, largest (en tamaño).
noun
6
Superior, mayor or chief of a community. (m)
7
Major, a field officer (rango). (m)
8
Lake Maggiore, in northern Italy. (Geography) (m)
9
(Arch.) (m)
verb & noun, plural
10
em> SILLAR. (gram & Logarithm & Nautical)
noun
11
Major, first proposition in a syllogism. (Logarithm) (f)
noun, plural
12
1.
13
Superiors.
14
Three principal sails of a ship. (Nautical)
15
In grammar schools, the higher class.
- Mayor or mayor de edad -> person of age
- Hermano mayor -> eldest brother
- Llegar a mayores -> to get out of hand
- Vender al por mayor -> to sell wholesale
-- Ancestors, forefathers (antepasados).
mayor
adjetivo
1 (comparativo) (más grande) (de más edad) older
necesitamos una habitación mayor we need a bigger larger room;o un mayor número de visitantes a larger greater number of visitors;o more visitors; son temas de mayor importancia they are more important issues; they are issues of greater importance; sin mayores complicaciones without further ado
la mayor parte de los ciudadanosparte most citizens
ser mayor que algoque
mi casa es mayor que la suya my house is bigger larger than his;o el índice de paro es mayor que hace un año unemployment is higher than (it was) a year ago
llegar a mayores [+situación] to get out of hand; get out of control
es mi hermana mayor she's my older elder sister;o Emilio es el mayor de los dos Emilio is the older of the two
mayor que algnque older than sb
Paco es mayor que Nacho Paco is older than Nacho; es tres años mayor que yo he is three years older than me; vivió con un hombre muchos años mayor que ella she lived with a man many years her senior; she lived with a man who was several years older than her
2 (superlativo) (más grande)
esta es la mayor iglesia del mundo this is the biggest largest church in the world;o su mayor problema his biggest greatest problem;o su mayor enemigo his biggest greatest enemy;o viven en la mayor miseria they live in the greatest utmost poverty;o hacer algo con el mayor cuidado to do sth with the greatest utmost care;o
(de más edad) oldest Juan es el mayor Juan is the oldest; mi hijo (el) mayor my oldest eldest son;o
3 (principal) [+plaza, mástil] main; [+altar, misa] high
calle mayor high street; main street; (EEUU)
sustantivo:masculino_y_femenino
1 (adulto) grown-up; adult
los mayores se fueron a una fiesta the grown-ups adults went to a party;o los mayores no hacen cosas así grown-ups don't do things like that
mayor de edad adult; person who is legally of age
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