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Saturday February 14, 2009

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ganar, verb:
to earn; to win

One of the basic meanings of ganar is to earn.

Gana menos que yo.
He earns less than me.

Gana un buen sueldo.
She earns a good salary.

Related to that meaning is the idea of winning something, such as un premio, a prize, un concurso, a competition, or una carrera, a race.

¿Quién ganó la carrera?
Who won the race?

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