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

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Ahora eres un niño mayor, compórtate. Now you are a big boy, behave yourself.
El poder es el mayor afrodisíaco. Power is the great aphrodisiac.
¿Cuál es mayor, Tokio o Kobe? Which is larger, Tokyo or Kobe?
Su hija mayor está casada. Her older daughter is married.
Mi padre se hizo mayor. My father grew old.
Ella es mi hermana mayor. She is my elder sister.
Fue el mayor terremoto registrado. It was the greatest earthquake on record.
La ciudad revivió con mayor vigor. The city revived with greater vigor.
¿Qué edad tiene el mayor? What is the age of the oldest?
La gente mayor tiene muchas historias para contar. The elderly have many stories to tell.
Kim es dos años mayor que él. Kim was two years senior to him.
Las pequeñas empresas a menudo son absorbidas por una compañía mayor. Small businesses are often absorbed by a major company.
¿Cuál es el nombre de su hermano mayor? What's the name of your eldest brother?
Una pequeña mujer mayor frustró el atraco al aporrear al ladrón en la cabeza con su bastón. A little, old woman foiled the robbery by whacking the thief on the head with her cane.
Estoy buscando la plaza mayor I'm looking for the main square
Eres igualito a tu hermano mayor. You look just like your big brother.
La Biblia es el mayor best-seller de todos los tiempos. The Bible is the great best seller of all times.
Asia es mucho mayor que Australia. Asia is much larger than Australia.
Tom es mayor que yo. Tom is older than I.
Obsérvale: debe ser bastante mayor. Look at him: he must be quite old.
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