Usage examples of "mayores" in Spanish with translation to English

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Yo tengo dos hermanos mayores. I have two big brothers.
Hay muchas estrellas mayores que nuestro sol. There are a lot of stars larger than our own Sun.
Él tiene tres hermanas mayores. He has three older sisters.
Debes respetar a los mayores. You have to respect the old.
Debéis respetar a vuestros mayores. You must respect your elders.
Japón es una de las mayores potencias económicas del mundo. Japan is one of the greatest economic powers in the world.
Cuanto antes te rindas, tanto mayores serán los beneficios. The sooner you give up, the greater the benefits.
Yo respeto a los mayores. I respect elderly people.
Debes inclinarte ante tus mayores. You must bow to your seniors.
¿Puede decirme cuáles son las mayores fuentes de conflicto en las organizaciones? Can you tell me what the major sources of conflict in organisations are?
Es uno de los mayores festivales de música del verano. It is one of the biggest summer music festivals.
Tus ingresos son tres veces mayores que los míos. Your income is three times larger than mine.
Tom tiene tres hermanos mayores. Tom has three older brothers.
Sabes, cada vez hay más personas mayores. You know, there are more and more old people.
Tom respeta a sus mayores. Tom respects his elders.
Florence Foster Jenkins fue una de las mayores sopranos del mundo. Florence Foster Jenkins was one of the greatest sopranos of the world.
Las familias desean educar a sus hijos y pueden, en principio, sufragar los costos de hacerlo con los mayores ingresos que la educación genera. Families want to educate their children and can, in principle, defray the costs with the greater incomes education generates.
Mis padres me dijeron que tenemos que respetar a los mayores. My parents told me we should respect the elderly.
Uno de los mayores problemas en nuestra sociedad es que la gente no ve al mundo como yo lo veo. One of the biggest problems in our modern society is that the people don't see the world as I do.
El hambre es una de las mayores desgracias sociales. Hunger is one of the largest social misfortunes.
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