ganarle

to beat, to defeat

→ ganar
gan to win + ar Infinitive + le to him, her, or you (formal)
verb Rare #44,281
to beat, to defeat With the pronoun le, this means beating someone or something.
SP: Quiero ganarle al campeón.
EN: I want to beat the champion.
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
Past
Indicative future
SingularPlural
First ganaré ganaremos
Second ganarás —
Third ganará ganarán
Subjunctive future
SingularPlural
First ganaré ganaremos
Second ganarás —
Third ganará ganarán
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First ganaba —
Second ganaras —
Third ganaba ganaran
Subjunctive
SingularPlural
Second ganes —
Conditional
SingularPlural
First ganaría —
Second ganarías —
Third ganaría —
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First ganaba —
Third ganaba —

Nada más ayúdenme a ganarle a esa gente.

Just help me beat those people.

— Atrápame si puedes (2002)

No podía ganarle.

I couldn't beat him.

— Nuremberg: El Juicio Del Siglo (2025)

No puedes ganarle al ayuntamiento.

You can't beat city hall.

¿Y si no puedes ganarle?

What if you can’t beat him?

— El duelo (2006)

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)

¡Qué manera de ganarle.

What a way to beat him.

— Cuestión De Honor (1992)