Meanings (ES + gloss)
aventajar • bordar • superar
To surpass someone or something; to be better or do better than someone or something.
I excelled everyone else with my exam results.
La Rochefoucauld, the French philosopher, said: "If you want enemies, excel your friends; but if you want friends, let your friends excel you." Why is that true? Because when our f…
destacarse • distinguirse • exceler • exceller • llevarse la joya • llevarse la palma • lucirse • sobresalir
To be much better than others.
1924: Aristotle, Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Book 1, Part 2.. If, then, there is something in what the poets say,…
But it is as a destroyer of grasshoppers that the dickcissel excels.
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