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superar a alguien

English translation: to outperform sb

18:10 Jul 31, 2009
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Economics
Spanish term or phrase: superar a alguien
alguien me puede ayudar como puedo expresar esta frase?
""Dos hombres pueden, uno y otro, fabricar zapatos y sombreros, y uno de ellos supera al otro en ambas producciones; pero fabricando sombreros sólo supera a su competidor en un quinto, o 20% y fabricando zapatos lo supera en un tercio o 33%."
Gracias por todos sus comentarios de antemano!
Priscila Parraguez
Local time: 19:29
English translation:to outperform sb
Explanation:
one outperforms the other
Selected response from:

Luis Medina
Mexico
Local time: 17:29
Grading comment
Muchisimas gracias =)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +9to outperform sb
Luis Medina
3 +4be more productive than / works faster than
Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes
5 +1to be better than someone
Henry Hinds
4exceed someone
Michael Powers (PhD)
4to supercede
jude dabo


  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
be more productive than / works faster than


Explanation:
Suerte

Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes
Spain
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michael Powers (PhD): makes sense in the context
4 mins
  -> Yes, in the context. Thank you, Mike.
agree  SandraV
6 mins
  -> Gracias, Sandra.
agree  Maha Arara: be more productive than...this one is closest
27 mins
  -> Thank you, Maha.
agree  Ruth Ramsey
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Ruth.
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +9
to outperform sb


Explanation:
one outperforms the other

Luis Medina
Mexico
Local time: 17:29
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 11
Grading comment
Muchisimas gracias =)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michael Powers (PhD): "outperform" makes sense also
3 mins
  -> Thanks, Michael.
agree  Maru Villanueva
14 mins
  -> Thanks, Maru
agree  Lydia De Jorge
17 mins
  -> Gracias, Lydia.
agree  Emilio Schulder: Sí, este es mejor
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Berelis.
agree  liz askew
1 hr
  -> Thanks, liz.
agree  Catherine Gilsenan
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Catherine.
agree  Ramón Ruiz López
1 hr
  -> Gracias, Ramón.
agree  Richard Boulter: Sure, or if the context is less formal, then the idiomatic: '...out-does the other one'.
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Richard.
agree  jack_speak
1 hr
  -> Gracias, Jack.
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
exceed someone


Explanation:
one of them can exceed the other

Mike :)

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 19:29
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 155
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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
to supercede


Explanation:
another option

jude dabo
Local time: 00:29
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
to be better than someone


Explanation:
uno de ellos supera al otro = one is better than the other

sólo supera a su competidor = is only better than his competitor

Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 17:29
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 159

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Richard Boulter: This is fine for the apparently informal context of the source.
16 mins
  -> Gracias, Richard.
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