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ganar (conjugate ganar) verbo transitivo 1a) ‹sueldo› to earn;◊ lo único que quiere es ganar dinero all he's interested in is making moneyb) ‹tiempo› to gain;◊ ¿qué ganas con eso? what do you gain by (doing) that?c) (adquirir) ‹experiencia› to gain2 ‹partido/guerra/premio› to win;◊ le gané la apuesta I won my bet with himverbo intransitivoa) (vencer) to win;◊ van ganando 2 a 1 they're winning 2-1;ganarle a algn to beat sb; nos ganaron por cuatro puntos they beat us by four pointsb) (aventajar):◊ le ganas en estatura you're taller than him;me gana en todo he beats me on every count; salir ganando: salió ganando con el trato he did well out of the deal; al final salí ganando in the end I came out of it better off ganarse verbo pronominal 1 (enf) (mediante el trabajo) to earn;◊ ganarse la vida to earn a/one's living2 (enf) ‹premio/apuesta› to win 3 ‹afecto/confianza› to win;◊ se ganó el respeto de todos she won o earned everyone's respect4 ‹descanso› to earn oneself;◊ te lo has ganado you've earned it, you deserve it
ganar
I verbo transitivo
1 (un salario) to earn
2 (un premio) to win
3 (superar) to beat: le gana en estatura, she is taller than him
4 (al contrincante) to beat
5 (una cima, una orilla) to reach
ganar la cumbre, to reach the peak
II verbo intransitivo
1 (vencer) to win
2 (mejorar) improve: ganó en simpatía, she became more and more charming
ganas mucho cuando sonríes, you look nicer when you smile 'ganar' also found in these entries: Spanish: A - actual - baño - contender - flexibilizar - llevar - óptima - óptimo - peso - probabilidad - redoblar - savia - terrena - terreno - todavía - chance - expectativa - hacer - interés - meta - premio - sensación - tiempo - tratar - triunfar - valer English: actual - amateurish - beat - break - bring in - buck - catch on - chance - close-run - comfortably - day - default - earn - even - exert - fact - fair - fluke - gain - gain on - gather - get - ground - hand - key - killing - make - money - one-upmanship - optimistic - outsider - rig - score - speed - take - ultimate - win - case - certainly - clinch - deliver - expect - height - odds - premium - run - stand - toss - yet
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.