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"Sentido" is a form of "sentido", a noun which is often translated as "sense". "Significado" is a form of "significado", a noun which is often translated as "meaning". Learn more about the difference between "sentido" and "significado" below.
el sentido(
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)A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
1. (context)
2. (physiology)
3. (course)
a. direction
Al principio íbamos en el sentido equivocado, pero nos dimos la vuelta.Initially, we were going in the wrong direction but we turned around.
a. consciousness
Perdió el sentido cuando su cabeza golpeó el suelo.She lost consciousness when her head hit the ground.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
el significado(
seeg
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nee
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kah
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)A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
1. (definition)
a. meaning
El significado de la vida no se puede encontrar en un diccionario.The meaning of life cannot be found in a dictionary.
2. (importance)
a. significance
El significado de la evidencia es desconocido hasta terminar las pruebas.The significance of the evidence is unknown until testing is completed.
