Get the gist of something

Question

How do you say, to get the gist of something

Answer 1

From my dictionary - I am not a native speaker.

to get the gist of something

captar lo esencial de algo

but maybe there is another "better" way in Spanish.

Answer 2

gist

to get the gist (of something) -> entender el sentido general (de algo)

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