incomparable

incomparable

incomparable(ihn-kam-pruh-buhl)

adjective

1. (matchless)

a. incomparable

Her incomparable leadership took the company from the brink of bankruptcy to the Fortune 500.

Su liderazgo incomparable llevó a la empresa del borde de la quiebra a formar parte de la lista Fortune 500.

b. inigualable

He was an incomparable guitar player who transported his listeners to other dimensions of reality.

Era un guitarrista inigualable que transportaba a sus oyentes a otras dimensiones de la realidad.

c. sin par

Ana's incomparable beauty was only matched by her stunning intellect.

La belleza sin par de Ana solo era comparable a su impresionante intelecto.

2. (not comparable)

a. incomparable

These two concepts were developed by different disciplines and are incomparable.

Estos dos conceptos fueron desarrollados por disciplinas distintas y son incomparables

b.

no direct translation

The Middle Ages and Modernity constitute incomparable paradigms.

La Edad Media y la Modernidad constituyen paradigmas imposibles de comparar.

Your profession and mine are incomparable: eres ingeniero y yo filósofo, two different worlds!

Tu profesión y la mía no pueden compararse: you're an engineer, I'm a philosopher. ¡Dos mundos diferentes!

incomparable

adjective

1. (general)

a. incomparable

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incomparable [ɪnˈkɒmpərəbl]

adjective

1 (matchless) [+beauty, skill] incomparable; sin par; [+achievement] inigualable; sin par

2 (not comparable)

to be incomparable with sth no poderse comparar con algo

it covers almost 1 million acres and is comparable in size with Essex and Hampshire but incomparable with any other county in its range of topography, geology and wildlife