Excel in Malayalam
To excel or surpass, Malayalam offers കവച്ചുവെക്കുക (kavachuvekkuka). The image behind it is stepping over or straddling something, which is why it also means to exceed and to outdo. Say it ka-va-chu-vek-ku-ka.
Most common translation
കവച്ചുവെക്കുക (kavachuvekkuka)
Excel, exceed, surpass, bestraddle.
ചേട്ടനെ കവച്ചുവെക്കുക അവന് എളുപ്പമല്ല.
chettane kavachuvekkuka avanu eluppamalla
Surpassing his elder brother is not easy for him.
Dictionary entry
- കവച്ചുവെക്കുക (kavachuvekkuka) — Excel, exceed, surpass, bestraddle.
കവച്ചുവെക്കുക is used when one person or thing goes beyond another, so it needs something to be surpassed and is not a word for simply doing well.
Common questions
How do you say excel in Malayalam?
കവച്ചുവെക്കുക (kavachuvekkuka) means to excel, exceed or surpass.
Does it need an object?
In practice yes. You excel or surpass someone or something, and the sentence sounds incomplete without that comparison.