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prevail

English

  1. 🔊 use persuasion successfully
    “He prevailed upon her to visit his parents”
  2. 🔊 prove superior
    “The champion prevailed, though it was a hard fight”
  3. 🔊 continue to exist
    “These stories die hard”
  4. 🔊 be valid, applicable, or true
    “This theory still holds”
  5. 🔊 be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
    “Money reigns supreme here”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 imperar to prevail
  2. 🔊 prevalecer to prevail
  3. 🔊 pervivir to prevail, survive

Similar words

triumph predominate dominate rule reign persist die hard run endure hold obtain abide affect argue into be be blooded be extant be found be in be in existence be in force be met with be present be successful