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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin melior, meliōrem (whence English ameliorate), from Proto-Indo-European *mélyōs, from *mel- (“strong, big”). Cognate with Portuguese melhor, Galician mellor, Catalan millor, French meilleur, Italian migliore.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meˈxoɾ/
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: me‧jor
Adjective
mejor m or f (masculine and feminine plural mejores)
- better
- better off
- improved
- (definite) best
- (definite) top, highest, finest (e.g. highest quality, highest bidder, top of one's class, in top form, finest food and wine, finest hotel, etc.)
2021 July 21, Juan Garzon, “Los mejores celulares Android de 2021”, in CNN en Español:Comprar un celular no es fácil, al menos considerando que lo ideal es comprar el mejor para cada uno de nosotros porque no todos tenemos las mismas necesidades, ni le damos el mismo uso, ni podemos pagar el mismo precio, ni tenemos las mismas preferencias. Sin embargo, aquí recopilo los mejores celulares Android de 2021, teniendo en cuenta estos aspectos para ayudarte a determinar cuál podría ser mejor opción para ti.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
- If trying to say "any better" in Spanish, "any" would go untranslated. So if you wanted to say "It couldn't be any better", you'd say "No podría ser mejor."
Antonyms
Adverb
mejor
- better
- Antonym: peor
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