1 (fundamentally) principalmente; fundamentalmente; (for the greater part) mayormente; principalmente they have stayed together mainly because of their children han seguido juntos principalmente or fundamentalmente por sus hijos; he lives mainly in Paris vive mayormente or principalmente en París; it was mainly his idea fue mayormente or principalmente idea suya
she works mainly from home the flooding is mainly in the south it's mainly his earlier works that interest me He learned his English mainly from comic books Their kids seem to live mainly on junk food I think the fault is mainly mine sir she mainly wears pink or red I do my shopping mainly in the city centre
2 (in the majority) en su mayoría; en su mayor parte her customers are mainly women sus clientes son en su mayoría or en su mayor parte mujeres
The houses are painted mainly in white
