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permitir — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • admit verb To allow someone or something to enter.
  • allow verb To give permission for something to happen.
  • condone verb To accept or overlook behaviour that is generally considered wrong.
  • countenance noun A person's face or facial expression, especially as it reveals their mood.
  • let verb To allow someone or something to do a particular thing, or to happen without stopping it.
  • permit verb To allow something to happen or to give someone authorization to do it.

Senses

permitir is used for these senses in English:

  • admit (transitive) To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
  • condone (transitive) To allow, accept or permit (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).
  • countenance (transitive) To tolerate, support, sanction, patronise or approve of something.
  • permit (transitive) To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to. [from 15th c.]

admit — full definition

  1. verb To allow someone or something to enter.
  2. verb To acknowledge, often reluctantly, that something is true.

allow — full definition

  1. verb To give permission for something to happen.
  2. verb To make something possible.
  3. verb To set aside time, money, or another resource for something.
  4. verb To admit or acknowledge something as true, often reluctantly.

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