comprender
transitive verb
1 (entender) to understand
espero que comprendan nuestras razones I hope that they understand our reasons
compréndeme, no me quedaba más remedio you have to understand, I had no choice; te comprendo perfectamente I understand perfectly
no acabo de comprender qué es lo que pasa I still don't understand what's going on; no comprendo cómo ha podido pasar esto I don't see o understand how this could have happened
hacer comprender algo a algn
esto bastó para hacernos comprender su posición this was all we needed to understand his position
hacerse comprender to make o.s. understood
2 (darse cuenta) to realize
al final comprendió que yo no iba a ayudarle he finally realized I wasn't going to help him
comprendemos perfectamente que haya gente a quien le molesta el tabaco we fully understand o appreciate that some people are bothered by smoking
3 (incluir) to comprise (formal)
la colección comprende cien discos y cuarenta libros the collection consists of o (formal) comprises a hundred records and forty books
el primer tomo comprende las letras de la A a la G the first volume covers o (formal) comprises letters A to G; está todo comprendido en el precio the price is all-inclusive; el período comprendido entre 1936 y 1939 the period from 1936 to 1939 o between 1936 and 1939