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comparativo

comparative

adjective kohm-pah-rah-TEE-boh Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Quality

Usage Note

Comparativo describes something that involves comparison. In grammar, el comparativo (used as a noun) is the comparative degree of an adjective, formed with más/menos … que in Spanish — there is no separate inflected form as in Latin. The phrase en términos comparativos means 'in comparative terms'.

Examples

"El estudio ofrece datos comparativos entre países."

Natural Translation

The study offers comparative data between countries.

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