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n [c]
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⇨ sentido
Human beings have five senses El ser humano tiene cinco sentidos
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⇨ sentido
in both senses of the word en ambos sentidos de la palabra
⇨ significado
n [u]
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⇨ sentido
She has a great sense of justice Tiene un gran sentido de la justicia
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⇨ juicio
⇨ sentido común
I hope she has the sense to call first Espero que tenga el sentido común de llamar primero
n [no pl]
Véase tb: common sense; to have a sense of purpose›
⇨ sentido
⇨ impresión
a sense of humour UK (US a sense of humor)
⇨ sentido del humor
She has a great sense of humour Tiene mucho sentido del humor
in {a sense/some senses}
⇨ en cierto sentido
to come to one's senses
⇨ entrar en razón
to make sense (un texto)
⇨ entenderse
This doesn't make sense Esto no se entiende
(una acción, un enfoque) ⇨ tener sentido
It makes no sense to do it like that No tiene sentido hacerlo así
to make sense of sth
⇨ entender algo
to see sense
⇨ entrar en razón
In the end we made him see sense Al final conseguimos que entrara en razón
⇨ ser razonable
(Definition of sense nnn from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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