second-best в словаре Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Переводы second-best в словаре английский»испанский

I.second best [америк. ˌsɛkən(d) ˈbɛst, брит.] ПРИЛ.

I've always been second best

siempre he sido un segundón

she wanted to be a doctor: for her, nursing is only second best

quería ser médica: para ella la enfermería es solo una segunda alternativa

my second-best result

mi segundo mejor resultado

II.second best [америк. ˌsɛkən(d) ˈbɛst, брит.] НАРЕЧ.

to come off second best (to sb)

quedar en segundo puesto (después de alguien)

III.second best [америк. ˌsɛkən(d) ˈbɛst, брит.] СУЩ. U

I was top of the class, he was the second best

yo era el primero or mejor de la clase, él era el segundo

he won't accept second best

solo se conforma con lo mejor

don't settle for second best: choose …

no se conforme con menos or con algo inferior: elija …

Переводы second-best в словаре испанский»английский

Дополнительные переводы и характерные словосочетания с ключевым словом

no me gusta ser plato de segunda mesa

I don't like being treated as second best o playing second fiddle

second-best в словаре PONS

Переводы second-best в словаре английский»испанский

I.second-best ПРИЛ.

to be second-best person

ser un segundón

to be second-best option

ser una segunda alternativa

II.second-best СУЩ.

second-best

segundo(-a) м. (ж.)

III.second-best НАРЕЧ.

to come off second-best (to sb)

perder (contra alguien)

Одноязычные примеры (не проверены редакцией PONS)

английский

One variant replaces the desire to pick the best with the desire to pick the second-best.

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The soundtrack sold over 2.7 million units in 2008, becoming the second-best selling album.

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They develop a model showing that foreign reserve accumulation by currency under-devaluation could be a second-best policy in economies with learning-by-investing externality.

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The lowest placed team of the regular season is directly relegated to the second-best division, and replaced by the winner of this.

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The main inspiration behind the song is female empowerment, urging women never to go for second-best and to put their love to the test.

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He considered making another attempt at qualifying at his second-best distance, 1500 meters, but eventually scratched from that race.

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That season, he had 12 wins, the second-best record in the school's history.

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The theme of the 1979 lecture (48) is taken up in several papers (91, 95, 101), exploring the definition and implementation of second-best wage rigidities.

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This was the eighth-best average per game, and the second-best among kickers.

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In the 1972-73 season, he averaged 11.4 points and a career second-best 11.2 rebounds per game.

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