understand

=

comprender

verb

understand
(pt & pp understood [ʌndəˈstʊd])
[ʌndəˈstænd]
verbo transitivo
1. entender, comprender (comprehend)
  • they understand each other -> se entienden mutuamente
  • what I can't understand is why… -> lo que no llego a entender es por qué…
  • is that understood? -> ¿entendido?
2. (believe, assume)
  • I understand that… -> tengo entendido que…
  • to give somebody to understand that… -> dar a entender a alguien que…
  • are we to understand that …? -> ¿quiere eso decir que…?, ¿debemos entender (con eso) que…?
  • it was understood that few of us would survive -> se entendía or se daba por sabido que pocos sobreviviríamos
verbo intransitivo
3. entender, comprender

understand [an-da-stand]
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1. (pret. y (n)
participio pasivo
2. UNDERSTOOD).
3. Entender, percibir, alcanzar, comprender.
4. Entender, saber, ser sabedor, tener claro conocimiento de.
5. Entender, conocer, penetrar.
  • I understand that -> tengo entendido que
6. Sobrentender, entender una cosa no expresa, pero que debe suponerse en vista de lo que antecede.
  • The preposition is understood -> la preposición está sobreentendida
  • I gave him to understand -> le di a entender, le hice comprender
  • That is understood -> está entendido; por supuesto
  • It being understood -> bien entendido
  • Be it understood -> entiéndase

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