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1 gist
‹ist- the gisttr[ʤɪst]1 (general idea) idea general, sentido general; (fundamental idea) lo esencial■ the gist of what he said is that we must work harder la esencia de lo que dijo es que debemos trabajar másgist ['ʤɪst] n: quid m, meollo mn.• esencia s.f.• meollo s.m.• médula s.f.• quid s.m.dʒɪstnoun lo esencial, lo fundamentalto get the gist of something — captar or comprender lo esencial or lo fundamental de algo
[dʒɪst]N [of speech, conversation] lo esencial* * *[dʒɪst]noun lo esencial, lo fundamentalto get the gist of something — captar or comprender lo esencial or lo fundamental de algo
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2 entender
Multiple Entries: entender entender algo
entender ( conjugate entender) verbo transitivo to understand; ‹ chiste› to understand, get (colloq); no entendí su nombre I didn't get his name; lo entendió todo al revés he got it all completely wrong; tú ya me entiendes you know what I mean; me has entendido mal you've misunderstood me; se hace entender or (AmL) se da a entender he makes himself understood; me dio a entender que … she gave me to understand that …; dar algo a entender to imply sth verbo intransitivob) ( saber) entender de algo to know about sthentenderse verbo pronominal 1 entenderse con algn to communicate with sb; a ver si nos entendemos ¿quién te pegó? let's get this straight, who hit you?b) ( llevarse bien);entenderse con algn to get along o on with sb 2 ( refl):◊ déjame, yo me entiendo leave me alone, I know what I'm doing
entender
I verbo transitivo
1 (comprender) to understand: a mi entender, está equivocado, in my opinion he's wrong
no entendí ni papa/pío/jota de este libro, I didn't understand a word of this book
no entiendo lo que quieres decir, I don't know what you mean
no me entiendas mal, don't get me wrong
nos dio a entender que no aceptaría el trabajo, he gave us to understand that he wouldn't accept the job
2 (creer) to think: entendemos que no debiste hacerlo, we think you shouldn't have done that
II verbo intransitivo entender de, (saber) to know about: entiende de música, he has an ear for music ➣ Ver nota en understand
' entender' also found in these entries: Spanish: ayunas - cazar - coger - comprender - dar - interpretar - mercenaria - mercenario - papa - revés - significativa - significativo - ver - aclarar - agarrar - caer - concebir - difícil - dificultad - entendimiento - enterarse - entienda - fácil - sin English: appreciate - catch - depth - follow - get - gist - intimate - make out - misunderstand - parrot-fashion - point - purport - see - sense - thoroughly - trouble - understand - wise - work out - beyond - fathom - figure - grip - head - hint - home - imply - knowing - latch - lead - make - message - mishear - ram - still - sympathize - work
См. также в других словарях:
catch — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 act of catching sth ADJECTIVE ▪ awesome (AmE), brilliant, good, nice, spectacular ▪ clean (esp. BrE) ▪ difficult … Collocations dictionary