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poli
May 08, 2013, 12:41 PM
This may be an idiomatic expression, but sometimes, if an edge is a knife,
it can be quite literal.
It means to have a special advantage. Having a lot of intelligence can serve as an edge, being rich, good looking, in a fight the guy, with the knife has the edge over the one who doesn't.

Is there a term for this in Spanish? I'm thinking tener la ventaja sobre?

chileno
May 08, 2013, 12:50 PM
Sí, tener ventaja sería la única.

JPablo
May 08, 2013, 01:43 PM
Una ligera ventaja.

chileno
May 08, 2013, 02:20 PM
¿Y en el caso de no ser ligera? :rolleyes:

JPablo
May 08, 2013, 03:28 PM
¡Un ventajón! :D

chileno
May 08, 2013, 04:06 PM
:):D:lol::lol::lol:

Glen
May 08, 2013, 06:33 PM
Is llevar la ventaja sobre alguien more or less the same?

chileno
May 08, 2013, 07:00 PM
Le llevo ventaja o tengo la ventaja sobre él.

Glen
May 08, 2013, 07:11 PM
Le llevo ventaja o tengo la ventaja sobre él.
Oh right, it's llevarle ventaja,without the definite article la. Thanks chileno

chileno
May 09, 2013, 07:21 AM
Oh right, it's llevarle ventaja,without the definite article la. Thanks chileno

It can be with "la", but you have to add that "le"

le llevo (la) ventaja o llevarle (la) ventaja