Please specify when to use anciano/a and mayor
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Hola,
Por favor, especifique cuándo usar anciano/a y mayor.
Gracias
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updated Nov 14, 2009
posted by krc
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As far as I can see from the examples below:
una mujer mayor -> an older woman
ser muy mayor -> to be very old
las personas mayores -> the elderly (los ancianos)
Mayor is used to compare, as in 'older' whereas anciano is used to describe a 'people' as it were. As in, 'the elderly'.
I'm sorry if I wasn't much help, but hopefully others will give you more clearer answers.
updated Nov 14, 2009
posted by Seb79
Gracias en la revisión de la lección 1,2 vi una foto con una chica y un hombre la lección declaró "el es mayor", mientras que sólo la nueva palabra anciano / a - krc, Nov 14, 2009
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What exactly is a persona de tercer edad, is it a person over 65 years?
updated Nov 14, 2009
posted by kenwilliams
1) Youth, 2) Adulthood, 3) Old age. 65? I think it depends on the person. - 00515f39, Nov 14, 2009
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Anciano = old person
Mayor = Older than you.
updated Nov 14, 2009
posted by 0068e2f4
