mejor

Adj

1. (feminine, masculine) better
2. (feminine, masculine) better off
3. (feminine, masculine) improved
4. (definite, feminine, masculine) best
5. (definite, feminine, masculine) top, highest, finest (e.g. highest quality, highest bidder, top of one's class, in top form, finest food and wine, finest hotel, etc.)

Adv

better

Opposite of

peor

Hyphenated as

me‧jor

Pronounced as (IPA)

/meˈxoɾ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: melior

Cognate with Portuguese: melhor

Cognate with Galician: mellor

Cognate with Catalan: millor

Cognate with French: meilleur

Cognate with Italian: migliore

In summary

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.

Concepts

better

best

good

👍

rather

preferably

topper

better

up! button

up! button

highest

ideally

more

Synonyms

superior

más

primero

mayor

chaleco

mucho

primo

algo más

lo mejor

mas bien

primoroso

mejores

verdugo

cuadrado novedad

muy mejor

demasiado

felizmente

más alto

más bien

Translations

meilleur

migliore

melhor

besser

meglio

mieux

beter

millor

lepszy

lepiej

melior

beste

melhor

meglio di

daha iyi

Sentences

No siempre es el mejor camino el más corto .

It's not always the best path that's the shortest.

Abogado , juez y doctor , cuanto más lejos , mejor .

Lawyer, judge and doctor, the further away the better.

Además de entregar a sus escuchas lo mejor de sí mismos .

In addition to giving their listeners the best of themselves.

Cuando la herida es en la mano , lo mejor es un guante .

When the wound is in the hand, a glove is best.

Está considerado como el mejor jugador de la historia de este deporte .

He is considered the best player in the history of this sport.

La Flota del Norte es quizás la mejor conocida por sus barcos nucleares .

The Northern Fleet is perhaps best known for its nuclear ships.