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ganarle

to beat him, to beat her, to beat you (formal)

→ ganar
gan win; earn + ar Infinitive + le his/her/your (formal), used to show whose body part is affected; Spanish often uses the definite article instead of a possessive
verb Rare #45,207
to beat him, to beat her, to beat you (formal) The pronoun le refers to the person being beaten.
SP: Es difícil ganarle a Marta.
EN: It's difficult to beat Marta.
Conjugation of ganar
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First gané ganamos
Second ganaste —
Third ganó ganaron
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First gano ganamos
Second ganas —
Third gana ganan
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First gano ganamos
Second ganas —
Third gana ganan
Imperative
SingularPlural
First — ganemos
Second gana —
Third gane ganen
Present
ganando
Indicative future
SingularPlural
First ganaré ganaremos
Second ganarás —
Third ganará ganarán
Subjunctive future
SingularPlural
First ganaré ganaremos
Second ganarás —
Third ganará ganarán
Past
ganado
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First ganaba —
Third ganaba ganaran
ganara
Subjunctive
SingularPlural
Second ganes —
Conditional
SingularPlural
First ganaría —
Second ganarías —
Third ganaría —
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First ganaba —
Third ganaba —

Qué manera de ganarle.

What a way to beat them.

— Algunos hombres buenos (1992)

No podía ganarle.

I couldn't beat him.

— Núremberg (2025)

Nada más ayúdenme a ganarle a esa gente.

Just help me beat those people.

— Atrápame si puedes (2002)

Pearce debe ganarle a Stroll en la salida de pits para mantener el décimo lugar.

Pearce needs to beat Stroll out of the pits to hold on to tenth place.

— F1 la película (2025)