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predominar

to predominate

verb preh-doh-mee-NAHR Rare

Also means

to prevail

Usage Note

Predominar is intransitive and typically takes sobre or entre to indicate what is dominated: el inglés predomina entre los estudiantes. It is a formal alternative to dominar or prevalecer and is common in academic and journalistic writing. It is a regular -ar verb.

Examples

"El azul predomina en la decoración."

Natural Translation

Blue predominates in the decoration.

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