reconhecer — 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.
- concede verb To admit, often reluctantly, that something is true.
- recognize verb To identify someone or something as already known from a previous encounter.
Senses
reconhecer is used for these senses in English:
- acknowledge (transitive) To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in.
- acknowledge (transitive) To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.
- acknowledge (transitive) To own as genuine or valid; to assent to (a legal instrument) to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form.
- admit (transitive, or, intransitive) To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny (+ to).
- concede To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge
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.