Es mejor que no te compares con otras personas.

Because es mejor que... normally triggers the subjunctive in Spanish.

• te comparas = indicative
• te compares = present subjunctive

Spanish uses the subjunctive here because the sentence expresses a recommendation, judgment, or preferred action:

• Es mejor que no te compares... = It’s better that you don’t compare yourself...

This is a very common pattern:

• Es bueno que...
• Es importante que...
• Es mejor que...

All of these usually take the subjunctive.

The que introduces a new clause: that you don’t compare yourself...

So the structure is:

• Es mejor que + subjunctive

Literally:

• Es mejor = It is better
• que no te compares... = that you not compare yourself...

In natural English, we often say It’s better not to compare yourself..., but Spanish commonly uses the full clause with que.

Yes, absolutely. That is also correct.

There are two common ways to say this idea:

• Es mejor que no te compares con otras personas.
• Es mejor no compararte con otras personas.

The difference is mainly structural:

1. Es mejor que + subjunctive

   • more explicitly refers to you
   • sounds like It’s better that you don’t...

2. Es mejor + infinitive

   • more general and compact
   • sounds like It’s better not to...

Both are natural.

It literally means you compare yourself.

The verb here is compararse, which is often used when the subject compares themselves to someone else.

So:

• comparar = to compare
• compararse = to compare oneself

In this sentence:

• te = yourself
• compares = you compare

Together:

• te compares = you compare yourself

Because the action is being done to yourself.

In English we say:

• compare yourself with others

Spanish expresses that with the reflexive pronoun:

• te comparas
• te compares

The pronoun changes depending on the person:

• me comparo = I compare myself
• te comparas = you compare yourself
• se compara = he/she compares himself/herself

So te is there because the sentence is about you comparing yourself.

In Spanish, no normally goes before the conjugated verb.

Here the verb phrase is te compares, so the negative comes before it:

• no te compares

This is the normal word order for negation in Spanish.

Compare:

• No hablo = I don’t speak
• No te preocupes = Don’t worry
• No te compares = Don’t compare yourself

Because the verb compararse normally uses con when you compare one thing or person with another.

So:

• compararse con alguien = to compare oneself with someone

Examples:

• Me comparo con mis amigos.
• No te compares con otras personas.

English can use both compare to and compare with, but in Spanish con is the standard choice here.

It means other people.

Word by word:

• otras = other
• personas = people / persons

Why otras and not otros? Because personas is a feminine plural noun, so the adjective must agree with it:

• otra persona = another person
• otras personas = other people

Even if the people are male, female, or mixed, the noun persona is grammatically feminine.

Because ser is used for general judgments, evaluations, and statements like it is good / important / better.

So Spanish says:

• Es mejor...
• Es importante...
• Es bueno...

Using estar mejor usually means something different, such as to be feeling better or to be in a better condition:

• Ya está mejor. = He/She is better now.

Here we need es mejor because it means it is better as a general opinion or recommendation.

Not exactly. It is more of a recommendation or piece of advice.

A direct negative command would be:

• No te compares con otras personas. = Don’t compare yourself with other people.

But the original sentence softens it:

• Es mejor que no te compares con otras personas. = It’s better that you don’t compare yourself with other people.

So it is less direct than a command.

It is the present subjunctive.

The verb is compararse, and the tú form in the present subjunctive is:

• (que) te compares

How it is formed:

1. Start from the yo form of the present indicative:
   • me comparo
2. Remove -o
3. Add the subjunctive ending for -ar verbs:
   • -es

So:

• compare
• compares

With the reflexive pronoun:

• te compares

Because after es mejor que, Spanish requires the subjunctive, not the indicative.

So:

• Es mejor que no te compares... ✅
• Es mejor que no te comparas... ❌

The indicative te comparas would sound wrong after this kind of expression.

A useful rule is:

• expression of opinion/value/judgment + que + subjunctive

Examples:

• Es importante que estudies.
• Es bueno que descanses.
• Es mejor que no te compares.

Yes. In Spanish, personas very commonly means people in normal everyday language.

So:

• otras personas = other people

Even though the singular persona looks similar to person, the plural is very often best translated as people, not persons.

It is general Spanish and sounds natural in Spain as well as in most other Spanish-speaking places.

Nothing in the sentence is strongly region-specific. A speaker from Spain would understand and use it naturally. The only slight regional variation you might see is in pronouns if the sentence were addressed to vosotros instead of tú, but this sentence itself is standard everywhere:

• Es mejor que no te compares con otras personas.

A helpful way to see it is:

• Es mejor que + [person] + subjunctive

In this sentence:

• Es mejor = it is better
• que = that
• no te compares con otras personas = you don’t compare yourself with other people

So the pattern is:

• Es mejor que no + reflexive pronoun + subjunctive verb + con...

This pattern is useful for giving advice politely:

• Es mejor que descanses.
• Es mejor que no salgas tan tarde.
• Es mejor que no te compares con otras personas.