second-best en el Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Traducciones de second-best en el diccionario inglés»español

I.second best [ingl. am. ˌsɛkən(d) ˈbɛst, ingl. brit.] ADJ.

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 [ingl. am. ˌsɛkən(d) ˈbɛst, ingl. brit.] ADV.

to come off second best (to sb)

quedar en segundo puesto (después de alguien)

III.second best [ingl. am. ˌsɛkən(d) ˈbɛst, ingl. brit.] SUST. 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 …

Traducciones de second-best en el diccionario español»inglés

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no me gusta ser plato de segunda mesa

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

second-best en el diccionario PONS

Traducciones de second-best en el diccionario inglés»español

I.second-best ADJ.

to be second-best person

ser un segundón

to be second-best option

ser una segunda alternativa

II.second-best SUST.

second-best

segundo(-a) m (f)

III.second-best ADV.

to come off second-best (to sb)

perder (contra alguien)

Ejemplos monolingües (no verificados por la redacción de PONS)

inglés

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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