mayor
adjective
1 (comparativo) (más grande) (de más edad) older
necesitamos una habitación mayor we need a bigger o larger room; un mayor número de visitantes a larger o greater number of visitors; 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 ciudadanos most citizens
ser mayor que algo
mi casa es mayor que la suya my house is bigger o larger than his; 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 o elder sister; Emilio es el mayor de los dos Emilio is the older of the two
mayor que algn 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 o largest church in the world; su mayor problema his biggest o greatest problem; su mayor enemigo his biggest o greatest enemy; viven en la mayor miseria they live in the greatest o utmost poverty; hacer algo con el mayor cuidado to do sth with the greatest o utmost care
(de más edad) oldest Juan es el mayor Juan is the oldest; mi hijo (el) mayor my oldest o eldest son
3 (principal) [+plaza, mástil] main; [+altar, misa] high
calle mayor high street; main street; (EEUU)
1 (adulto) grown-up; adult
los mayores se fueron a una fiesta the grown-ups o adults went to a party; los mayores no hacen cosas así grown-ups don't do things like that
mayor de edad adult; person who is legally of age
al por mayor wholesale
vender al por mayor to sell wholesale; repartir golpes al por mayor to throw punches left, right and centre