English-Spanish translations for comparable

• comparable
  Su renta per cápita es comparable a la española. Its per capita income is comparable to Spain.
  De modo que mejor dejemos de comparar cosas que no son comparables. So, let us stop comparing things which are not comparable.
  En términos de costes, hay un caso paralelo comparable. In terms of costs, there is a comparable parallel.
• equiparable
  Sus consecuencias son equiparables a las del fascismo y el nazismo. Its consequences are comparable with those of fascism and Nazism.
  Lamentablemente, no se ha realizado ningún acuerdo equiparable con otros países del Tercer Mundo. Unfortunately, there was no comparable agreement with other Third World countries.
  La UE oferta reducir las emisiones un 30 % si el resto presenta compromisos equiparables. The EU has offered to take up a 30% reduction target if others make comparable commitments.

Definition of comparable

• Able to be compared (to
• Similar ; like
• Constituting a pair in a particular partial order
• Said of an adjective that has a comparative and superlative form
• Something suitable for comparison

Examples

• An elephant is comparable in size to a double-decker bus
• You cant say that robbing a bank is like pickpocketing. The two are just not comparable
• Six and forty-two are comparable in the divides order, but six and nine are not
• Big" is a comparable adjective, since it can take the forms "bigger" and "biggest"; but "unique" is not comparable, except in disputed, but common, usage

Related words

• comparably
• incomparable
• incomparably
• uncomparable