mejor

A. adj

• 1 a comparativo de bueno¹ 1 [producto/profesor] better; [calidad] better, higher, superior tanto mejor = so much the better cuanto más grande mejor = the bigger the better Definition of better in the British & World English dictionary Definition of better in the US English dictionary Translate better | into French | into German | into Italian b comparativo de bien¹, better está mejor así = it's better like this Definition of better in the British & World English dictionary Definition of better in the US English dictionary Translate better | into French | into German | into Italian

• 2 a superlativo de bueno¹ (entre dos) better; (entre varios) best mi mejor amiga = my best friend productos de la mejor calidad = products of the highest quality lo mejor es que se lo digas = the best thing (to do) is to tell her le deseo lo mejor = I wish you the very best o all the best Definition of better in the British & World English dictionary Definition of better in the US English dictionary Translate better | into French | into German | into Italian b superlativo de bien¹ la que está mejor de dinero = the one who has the most money

B. adv

• 1 (comparativo) better luego lo pensé mejor = then I thought better of it pintas cada vez mejor = your painting is getting better and better me lleva dos años, mejor dicho, dos y medio = she's two years older than me, or rather, two and a half Definition of better in the British & World English dictionary Definition of better in the US English dictionary Translate better | into French | into German | into Italian

• 2 (superlativo) best este es el lugar desde donde se ve mejor = this is where you can see best (from) la versión mejor ambientada de la obra = the best-staged production of the play lo hice lo mejor que pude = I did it as best I could o (frml) to the best of my ability a lo mejor = maybe, perhaps a lo mejor vamos a Italia = we may o might go to Italy Definition of best in the British & World English dictionary Definition of best in the US English dictionary Translate best | into French | into German | into Italian

• 3 (esp AmL) (en sugerencias) mejor lo dejamos para otro día = why don't we leave it for another day? mejor me callo = I think I'd better shut up

C. mf

• el/la mejor (de dos) = the better; (de varios) = the best es la mejor de la clase = she's the best in the class