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mejor

better

adjective adverb meh-HOHR Common
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Origin: From Latin melior (better).

Also means

best

Usage Note

Mejor serves as both the comparative ('better') and the superlative ('best') — context and article determine which: es mejor (it's better), el/la mejor (the best). Like mayor, it never takes más before it — más mejor is nonstandard. The phrase mejor dicho means 'rather' or 'or more precisely'. A lo mejor means 'maybe/perhaps' and is extremely common in spoken Spanish.

Examples

"Este café es mejor que el otro."

Natural Translation

This coffee is better than the other one.

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