entender — meaning in English
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English meaning
- apprehend verb To arrest someone, especially a suspected criminal.
- construe noun A translation.
- grok verb To understand (something) intuitively, to know (something) without having to think intellectually.
- perceive verb To become aware of something through the senses, such as sight, sound, or touch.
- 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.
- construe (transitive) To interpret (something) to another or publicly, explain the meaning of (something, usually language).
- get straight (idiomatic, transitive) : to make clear, to reach an understanding.
- grok (transitive, slang) To understand (something) intuitively, to know (something) without having to think intellectually.
- make sense (intransitive, idiomatic, with of) To decipher or understand.
- perceive (transitive) To become aware of, through the physical senses, to see; to understand.
- see (figuratively) To understand.
- understand (transitive) To believe or infer, to think one grasps sufficiently despite potentially incomplete knowledge.
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.
construe — full definition
- noun A translation.
- noun An interpretation.