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percanzar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • comprehend verb To understand something fully.
  • reach verb To stretch out an arm or hand toward something in order to touch or grasp it.
  • touch verb To make physical contact with something using the hand, finger, or another part of the body.

Senses

percanzar is used for these senses in English:

  • comprehend (transitive) To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly; to plumb. [from 14th c.]
  • reach (transitive) To give to someone by stretching out a limb, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another person; to hand over.
  • reach (transitive, by extension) To extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut.
  • reach (transitive) To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent.
  • touch (transitive) To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with. [from 14th c.]

comprehend — full definition

  1. verb To understand something fully.
  2. verb To include or contain something as part of a whole.

reach — full definition

  1. verb To stretch out an arm or hand toward something in order to touch or grasp it.
  2. verb To arrive at a place, level, or point after travelling or making an effort.
  3. verb To make contact with someone, especially to communicate with them.
  4. noun The distance or extent that something, or someone's arm, can extend.

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