entender — meaning in English
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English meaning
- apprehend verb To arrest someone, especially a suspected criminal.
- catch verb To capture or seize something moving, such as a ball or a fleeing person.
- get verb To come to have or receive something; to obtain.
- grasp verb To grip something firmly, typically with the hand.
- know verb To have information about something, or to be certain that something is true.
- perceive verb To become aware of something through the senses, such as sight, sound, or touch.
- reach verb To stretch out an arm or hand toward something in order to touch or grasp it.
- see verb To perceive something with the eyes.
- understand verb To grasp the meaning of something.
Senses
entender is used for these senses in English:
- apprehend To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.
- catch (transitive) To grasp mentally: perceive and understand. [from 16thc.]
- come from (transitive, slightly, informal) To derive one's opinion or argument from; to take as a conceptual starting point.
- figure out (informal) To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.
- get (archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
- know (transitive, philosophy) To maintain (a belief, a position) subject to a given philosophical definition of knowledge; to hold a justified true belief.
- make sense (intransitive, idiomatic, with of) To decipher or understand.
- perceive (transitive) To become aware of, through the physical senses, to see; to understand.
apprehend — full definition
- verb To arrest someone, especially a suspected criminal.
- verb To understand or grasp something mentally.
- verb To anticipate something, usually with worry or fear.
catch — full definition
- verb To capture or seize something moving, such as a ball or a fleeing person.
- verb To become infected with an illness.
- verb To notice, understand, or hear something.
- noun A hidden difficulty or drawback in an otherwise appealing deal or plan.
- noun Something captured, especially fish.