Talk:mayor
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The Spanish entry includes a definition for el mayor and related forms as the superlative form of mayor. This is correct, though probably not deserving of mention: my understanding is that the general rule in Spanish is that el or la followed by any comparative results in the superlative, e.g. el más guapo (the most handsome). In this case, mayor is already a comparative form of grande or viejo, so más is unnecessary (and indeed, incorrect).
Also, is there a more appropriate means of annotating mayor as a comparative when in the sense of bigger or older? Mayor is apparently not always a comparative as it has an additional sense of wholesale, so noting it in the headword line is not appropriate (unless we add separate headwords for its comparative and non-comparative senses). Rriegs (talk) 23:21, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
- Some useful points you raise. You are of course correct about the structure of comparatives and superlatives in Spanish. However, mayor isn't always a comparative. It certainly isn't a strict comparative of viejo, just it means "older". And mayor itself doesn't mean wholesale - that's venta al por mayor (although I'd like to move that page to al por mayor. I'll have a shot at rewriting the page. --P5Nd2 (talk) 14:32, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
- Your changes make for a significant improvement, thank you! I'm curious, though, whether you mean senses 6 and 7 ("head; boss" and "(music) major") to be adjectives (more specifically, noun adjuncts) or nouns. If the former, then usage would be like ella es la cajera mayor to mean she's the head teller (as opposed to she's the oldest/biggest teller). If the later, then these should be moved under a ====Noun==== heading and usage would be like ella es la mayor to mean she's the boss. ―Rriegs (talk) 19:32, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
- Closed as stale. — surjection ⟨??⟩ 22:49, 7 February 2021 (UTC)