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adverb (more (of) the thing mentioned than anything else; mostly or largely: This skirt is mainly dark grey.) principalmente, sobre todo, en su mayoríamainly adv principalmente / sobre todotr['meɪnlɪ]mainly ['meɪnli] adv1) principally: principalmente, en primer lugar2) mostly: principalmente, en la mayor parteadv.• en su mayor parte adv.• mayormente adv.• primeramente adv.• principalmente adv.'meɪnlia) ( chiefly) principalmente, fundamentalmenteb) ( for the most part)the people in the streets were mainly tourists — la mayoría de la gente que había en la calle eran turistas
['meɪnlɪ]ADV1) (=fundamentally) principalmente, fundamentalmente; (=for the greater part) mayormente, principalmentethey have stayed together mainly because of their children — han seguido juntos principalmente or fundamentalmente por sus hijos
he lives mainly in Paris — vive mayormente or principalmente en París
it was mainly his idea — fue mayormente or principalmente idea suya
2) (=in the majority) en su mayoría, en su mayor parteher customers are mainly women — sus clientes son en su mayoría or en su mayor parte mujeres
* * *['meɪnli]a) ( chiefly) principalmente, fundamentalmenteb) ( for the most part)
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