How to Say "Much Better Than" in Spanish

mucho mejor que

/mut͡ʃo mexoɾ ke/from spelling rules

The Spanish phrase for "much better than" is mucho mejor que.

mucho mejor que is used to indicate that one thing or person is of a significantly higher quality or standard than another.

What does it mean word for word?

The phrase is composed of mucho (much), mejor (better) and que (than).

The word mucho remains in its masculine singular form even if the subject being compared is feminine or plural.

/mutʃo mexoɾ ke/

Although mucho and 'much' mean the same thing, they are not related. The English word 'much' is actually more closely related to the Spanish word tamaño, meaning 'size'.

Nadas mucho mejor que él.
You swim much better than he does.
This sentence shows how to use mucho mejor que when comparing swimming abilities.
Tatoeba #862821 by Shishir, translation #4527043 by XenoKat
Él es mucho mejor que tú.
He is much better than you.
This sentence demonstrates using mucho mejor que to compare people.
Tatoeba #1767555 by marcelostockle, translation #770064 by marloncori
Tú nadas mucho mejor que Tom.
You can swim much better than Tom can.
This sentence shows how to use mucho mejor que to compare a person to a specific name.
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La calidad de nuestro servicio es mucho mejor que la de nuestra competencia.
The quality of our service is much better than that of our competition.
La eficiencia de nuestro sistema sobrepasa con creces a cualquier otro.
The efficiency of our system is much better than any other.
La nueva película es mil veces mejor que la anterior.
The new movie is much better than the previous one.
El nuevo restaurante es mucho más chévere que el antiguo.
The new restaurant is much better/cooler than the old one.
Esa pizza se lleva el premio de ser mucho mejor que todas las demás.
That pizza takes the prize for being much better than all the others.
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María and Javier are comparing two different restaurants.

María

¿Qué te parece este restaurante?
What do you think of this restaurant?
Javier

Es mucho mejor que el de la semana pasada.
It is much better than the one from last week.
María

¡Tienes razón, la comida es deliciosa!
You're right, the food is delicious!
Javier

Sí, el servicio también es excelente.
Yes, the service is also excellent.

Sources

IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
Word origins: Wiktionary entries mejor, mucho, que, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.

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