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Better, worse, older, younger
You already compare with más … que: El Retiro es más bonito que la Casa de Campo. Four everyday adjectives have a comparative of their own:
| Adjective | Comparative | English |
|---|---|---|
| bueno / buena | mejor | better |
| malo / mala | peor | worse |
| grande | mayor | older; bigger, greater |
| pequeño / pequeña | menor | younger; smaller |
- Este restaurante es mejor que aquel. — This restaurant is better than that one.
- Mi hermano es mayor que yo. — My brother is older than me. After que, Spanish uses yo and tú: mayor que yo, mejor que tú.
- Mejor and peor are also the adverbs better and worse: Marcos cocina mejor que yo. — Marcos cooks better than me.
They don't change for gender — el bar es mejor, la tapa es mejor — but they do have plurals: mejores, peores, mayores, menores.
Mayor and menor are mostly about age: mi hermana menor, my younger sister. For physical size, Spanish usually says más grande and más pequeño: Madrid es más grande que Sevilla.