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mayor

Spanish, noun/maˈʝoɾ/

mayor is spelled M-A-Y-O-R (5 letters) and appears 437 times per million words in written Spanish, the 191st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mayor is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “major (military rank)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a comparative degree of grande: bigger. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Rango militar, inmediatamente inferior al de Teniente coronel e inmediatamente superior al de Capitán”.

What does mayor mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculinecomparative degree of grande: bigger

  2. 2

    femininemasculinecomparative degree of viejo: older; elder

    mi novio es mayor que yo

  3. 3

    femininemasculinecomparative degree of viejo: old; at an advanced age

  4. 4

    femininemasculineof age; adult; grown-up

    Cuando (yo) sea mayor voy a ser médico

  5. 5

    femininemasculinemajor; main

    una preocupación mayor

  6. 6

    femininemasculinehead; boss

  7. 7

    femininemasculinemajor

  8. 8

    femininemasculinesuperlative degree of grande: the biggest

noun

  1. 1

    masculinemajor (military rank)

  2. 2

    masculineboss; head

  3. 3

    masculineancestors

  4. 4

    masculineold person

noun

  1. 1

    femininemainsail

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Comparativo irregular de grande. 2. Comparativo irregular de viejo.

noun: 1. Rango militar, inmediatamente inferior al de Teniente coronel e inmediatamente superior al de Capitán.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of mayor

  • mayores feminine masculine plural
  • mayorcísimo superlative

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce mayor?

  • /maˈʝoɾ/
  • [maˈʝoɾ]
  • [maˈʃoɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to mayor

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is mayor in Spanish?

mayor appears 437 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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