English-Spanish translations for emulate

• emular
  Si la señora Plassnik puede emular los logros de Metternich, Europa prosperará. If Mrs Plassnik can emulate Metternich’s achievements, Europe will prosper.
  Yo no podría emular la contundente brevedad de este comentario periodístico, a mi juicio, brillante. I could not hope to emulate the crushing brevity of this, in my view, brilliant journalistic comment.
  Si Sevilla da pruebas de un poco de generosidad por parte de nuestros dirigentes políticos, nuestros ciudadanos emularán, a su vez, dicha generosidad. If Seville shows some generosity from our political leaders, our citizens will emulate that generosity in return.

Definition of emulate

• To attempt to equal or be the same as
• To feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy
• of a program or device: to imitate another program or device
• Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous

Related words

• emulation
• emulator
• emulative
• emulatively
• emulatrix
• assemulator