Translation of majority in Spanish:
noun plural majorities
- 1 1.1 (greater number) (+ singular or plural verb) the majority were or was not in favorla mayoría no estaba a favorin the vast majority of casesen la inmensa mayoría de los casosa majority of households now own a TVhoy en día la mayoría de los hogares dispone de un televisorto be in the majorityser mayoríathe silent majorityla mayoría silenciosa(before noun) (decision/party)majority holding or interest
mayoritarioparticipación (feminine) mayoritariait was approved by a majority votese aprobó por mayoría (de votos)Example sentences
Example sentences1.2 (margin) a two-thirds majority
- Should I really just accept decisions of the majority of the town council, and not speak out if I believe them to be wrong?
- I totally agree with the thought that he is mistaken in the majority of his decisions, don't you?
- Medieval agriculture was undertaken by peasants who of course constituted the overwhelming majority of the total population.
una mayoría de dos terciossimple or (British also) relative majoritymayoría simple or relativathey voted by a narrow majority to return to workganó por una estrecha mayoría or por un estrecho margen el voto a favor de volver al trabajoExample sentences
- McKibbin is right, however, to point out that massive Parliamentary majorities emasculate political parties and their ideologies.
- In last June's general elections, the party lost its parliamentary majority.
- Following a number of defections from other parties, Thai Rak Thai commanded an absolute majority in parliament.
- At the last general election in 2001 he had a majority of 4,275 votes over the Conservative candidate.
- He currently has a majority of 4,922 votes - surely enough to defeat the Conservative in second place.
- In this example, the clear winner is candidate A with a majority over Candidate B of 5,000.
- 2 (adulthood) to reach the age of or attain or come into one's majorityllegar a or alcanzar la mayoría de edadExample sentences
- David was not convicted of a criminal offence after the age of majority.
- As each beneficiary reaches the age of majority, the rule in Saunders and Vautier may apply.
- That injunction was of unlimited duration, although it would inevitably end when the ward reached the age of majority.
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