1. (adj) de éxito professional, book, record

2. (adj) próspero -ra - she wanted them to be successful in life: quería que triunfaran en la vida business, businessman

3. (adj) - the successful candidate will be notified by post: el candidato que resulte seleccionado recibirá la notificación por correo they have been successful in slowing down inflation: han logrado poner freno a la inflación our attempts finally proved successful: nuestros intentos finalmente dieron fruto having achieved aim