mejor
Spanish
editEtymology
editInherited 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
editAdjective
editmejor 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.)
Usage notes
edit- 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
editAdverb
editmejor
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “mejor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
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- Rhymes:Spanish/oɾ
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