admitir — meaning in English
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English meaning
- acknowledge verb To accept or admit that something is true.
- admit verb To allow someone or something to enter.
- avow verb To state something openly and confidently, admitting it is true.
Senses
admitir is used for these senses in English:
- acknowledge (transitive) To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.
- admit (transitive, or, intransitive) To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny (+ to).
- admit (transitive) To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
- avow (transitive) To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.
- own up (intransitive) To acknowledge, confess, or admit guilt or responsibility. [with to]
acknowledge — full definition
- verb To accept or admit that something is true.
- verb To recognize someone or something formally, or to respond confirming receipt of something.
admit — full definition
- verb To allow someone or something to enter.
- verb To acknowledge, often reluctantly, that something is true.
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