English-Spanish translations for majority

  • mayoríaUna mayoría justa, quizá, pero una mayoría. A narrow majority perhaps, but still a majority. ¿Se trata de una mayoría cualificada o de una mayoría por consenso? Is it a qualified majority or a majority by consensus? ¿Y qué hay de la mayoría cualificada? What about qualified majority?
  • mayor parteLa mayor parte de estas ayudas están destinadas a las mujeres. The majority of this aid benefits women. La mayor parte de los accidentes son debidos a fallos humanos. The majority of accidents are due to human factors. Nosotros estábamos de acuerdo con la mayor parte de la propuesta que se nos hacía. We agreed with the majority of the proposal made to us.
  • mayoría de edadSeñor Presidente, ¿hemos pensado que los jóvenes que nacieron después de la dictadura no tienen aún la mayoría de edad? Mr President, have we considered that the young people who were born after the dictatorship have not yet reached the age of majority? Naturalmente, también me preocupa el hecho de que, tanto en el contexto internacional como en la UE, se altere la mayoría de edad de niños y jóvenes. I naturally also view with unease the fact that, in both international contexts and the EU, children’s and young people’s age of majority is tampered with.

Definition of majority

  • More than half of some group
  • The difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes
  • Legal adulthood
  • The office held by a member of the armed forces in the rank of major
  • Ancestors; ancestry

Examples

  • The majority agreed that the new proposal was the best
  • Those opposing the building plans were in the majority, so the building project was canceled
  • The winner with 53% had a 6% majority over the loser with 47%
  • By the time I reached my majority, I had already been around the world twice
  • On receiving the news of his promotion, Charles Snodgrass said he was delighted to be entering his majority

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