mayores

greater, majors


Examples
  • Tengo dos hermanas mayores.

    I have two older sisters.

  • La intervención policial en la madrugada del 1 de noviembre fue precisamente uno de los puntos que mayores lamparones ha vertido sobre la actuación municipal en la investigación política de la tragedia.

    The police intervention in the early morning of November 1st was precisely one of the points that greater stains have spilt over the municipal actions in the political investigation of the tragedy.

  • Las familias desean educar a sus hijos y pueden, en principio, sufragar los costos de hacerlo con los mayores ingresos que la educación genera.

    Families want to educate their children and can, in principle, defray the costs with the greater incomes that education generates.

  • Ellas son mayores que Tom.

    They are older than Tom.

  • Tom tiene tres hermanos mayores.

    Tom has three older brothers.

  • La organización se ocupa del bienestar de los mayores.

    The organization is concerned with the welfare of the aged.

  • Ella tiene algo con los hombres mayores.

    She has a thing for older men.

  • Tom respeta a sus mayores.

    Tom respects his elders.

  • Mis ojos se llenan de lágrimas, cuando pienso en los queridas personas mayores, que durante toda su vida se dedicaron a sus hijos, y que ahora en soledad se encuentran tristes en el nido vacío.

    My eyes are filled with tears when I think about our beloved elderly, who dedicated their whole lives to their children, and now find themselves alone and sorrowful in an empty nest.

  • Debes respetar a los mayores.

    You must respect senior citizens.

  • Les elefantes son los mayores animales terrestres vivos actualmente.

    Elephants are the largest land animals alive today.

  • El hambre es una de las mayores desgracias sociales.

    Hunger is one of the largest social misfortunes.


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