elder in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for elder in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.elder¹ [Am ˈɛldər, Brit ˈɛldə] ADJ

1. elder attr brother/sister:

elder

mayor

the elder Miss Smith

la mayor de las señoritas Smith

as pron which of them is the elder?

¿cuál es el/la mayor?

2. elder (parent, ancestor):

Brueghel/Pliny the Elder

Brueghel/Plinio el Viejo

II.elder¹ [Am ˈɛldər, Brit ˈɛldə] N

1. elder (older person):

she's my elder by two years

me lleva dos años

she's my elder by two years

es dos años mayor que yo

your elders and betters

tus mayores

2. elder (senior person):

the village/tribal elders

los ancianos del pueblo/de la tribu

an elder of the literary world

un patriarca del mundo literario

3. elder REL:

elder

miembro m del consejo

elder² [Am ˈɛldər, Brit ˈɛldə] N BOT

elder

saúco m

elder statesman N

elder statesman

veterano m de la política

elder statesman

respetada figura f de la política

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trundle out veteran campaigner/elder statesman

sacar a relucir

lit (be taller) he is a good head and shoulders above his elder brother

le lleva más de una cabeza a su hermano mayor

Translations for elder in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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saúco

elder

Escipión el Mayor

Scipio the Elder

supera en estatura a su hermano mayor

he's taller than his elder brother

¿tienes hermanos mayores?

do you have any older o elder brothers or sisters?

¿quién de los dos es el mayor?

who is the older o elder of the two?

siguiéndole los pasos al hermano mayor, decidió estudiar medicina

following in his elder brother's footsteps, he decided to study medicine

elder in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for elder in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.elder¹ [ˈeldəʳ, Am -dɚ] N

1. elder (older person):

elder

mayor mf

she is my elder by three years

es tres años mayor que yo

2. elder (senior person):

elder

anciano(-a) m (f)

II.elder¹ [ˈeldəʳ, Am -dɚ] ADJ

elder

mayor

Pliny the Elder

Plinio el Viejo

elder statesman/stateswoman POL

veterano(-a) m (f) de la política

elder² [ˈeldəʳ, Am -dɚ] N

elder

saúco m

Translations for elder in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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saúco

elder tree

ñaña

elder sister

amauta

village elder

mi hermano mayor/pequeño

my elder/younger brother

elder Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

she is my elder by three years

es tres años mayor que yo

Pliny the Elder

Plinio el Viejo

elder statesman/stateswoman POL

veterano(-a) m (f) de la política

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The elder may have married but no wife nor issue are known; the younger fell into dissolute ways and never married.

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At this time, she also became active in equal rights activism, minority and elder rights.

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By this time the elder missionaries had in their ownership a number of buildings which they held in safe keeping.

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Only male members may serve in the capacity of elder or ministerial servant.

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Despite extreme physical hardships the few remaining elder nuns are striving to pass on their spiritual heritage to a new generation.

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Widow remarriage is freely allowed, and younger brother may take his elder brother's widow to wife if he chooses.

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The governor of the province was supposed to appoint a commune elder, "kamnan" or "phan".

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He lost his parents when he was very young, making his only relative his elder brother.

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He was an elder in the Presbyterian church.

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The elder of the two takes the second place in the order of precedence.

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