/meˈxoɾ/
Translation
better, best
Word origin
From Latin melior, meliorem ('better'), the comparative of bonus ('good').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- melior
- English cognates
- ameliorate, meliorate
Grammar
Examples
.
This solution is much better than the previous one.
llegues , mucha .
You had better arrive early, there will be a lot of people.
.
The best thing would be to talk to him directly.
Sevilla .
My best friend has been living in Seville since last year.
.
Today I feel much better than yesterday.
Where this fits
Used in
Stories
(26)¿Vienes o no?
1 min read · Core 1000
El camino a casa
2 min read · Core 1000
Lo mismo de siempre
2 min read · Core 1000
A Paula le duele todo
3 min read · Core 5000
Alguien que lo haya visto
3 min read · Core 5000
Cuando llegué, ya había pasado
3 min read · Core 5000
El correo a la jefa
3 min read · Core 5000
El mejor café de la calle
3 min read · Core 5000
El nuevo doctor de Paula
3 min read · Core 1000
En el médico
3 min read · Core 1000
Es importante que descanses
3 min read · Core 5000
La aventura de Sofía
3 min read · Core 5000
La fiesta sorpresa
3 min read · Core 1000
La promesa de Lucía
3 min read · Core 5000
Lo que de verdad importa
3 min read · Core 5000
Lo que dijo el médico
3 min read · Core 5000
Media docena de huevos
3 min read · Core 5000
No creo que sea grave
3 min read · Core 5000
No fue él, sino ella
3 min read · Core 5000
Por todas partes
3 min read · Core 5000
Se me cayó todo
3 min read · Core 5000
Una tarde de lluvia
3 min read · Core 1000
¡Vaya sorpresa!
3 min read · Core 5000
El primer día de Laura
4 min read · Core 1000
La cena de los Pereira
4 min read · Core 1000
Palabras de cocina
5 min read · Core 1000
Grammar articles
(18)Spanish Adverbs of Place, Time and Degree (aquí, todavía, muy vs mucho)
Spanish Comparatives: más que, menos que, tan como and the Four Irregulars
Spanish Correlative Comparison: cuanto más... más, cada vez más, el doble
Spanish Conditional: the 'Would' Tense, me gustaría and Polite Requests
Demonstrative Pronouns in Spanish: Este, Ese, Aquel and the Three-Way This and That
Spanish Exclamations: ¡Qué bonito!, ¡Cuánta gente!, ¡Vaya día! (and the accents)
Spanish Time and Frequency Phrases: de vez en cuando, a menudo, de repente, poco a poco
The Spanish Neuter lo (lo bueno, lo que, lo de)
The Spanish Present Perfect Subjunctive (haya hablado), with Practice
The Spanish Pluperfect (había hablado)
Por vs Para in Spanish: The Rules, a Chart, and a Practice Quiz
Spanish Compound Prepositions and Tricky Choices: delante de, a pesar de, soñar con
Subjunctive vs Indicative in Spanish: Doubt, Denial and the Negation Flip
Spanish Subjunctive After Impersonal Expressions
The Spanish Subjunctive in Relative (Adjective) Clauses, with Practice
Spanish Superlatives: El Mejor, El Más, and the -ísimo Ending
Verbs of Becoming in Spanish: ponerse, hacerse, volverse, convertirse en, llegar a ser
Verbs with Prepositions in Spanish (Régimen Preposicional): the Fixed Verb + Preposition Pairs
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