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Old May 08, 2013, 12:41 PM
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To have an edge
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?
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Sí, tener ventaja sería la única.
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Una ligera ventaja.
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¿Y en el caso de no ser ligera?
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¡Un ventajón!
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Is llevar la ventaja sobre alguien more or less the same?
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Le llevo ventaja o tengo la ventaja sobre él.
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Le llevo ventaja o tengo la ventaja sobre él.
Oh right, it's llevarle ventaja,without the definite article la. Thanks chileno
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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
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