understand

understood, understood UK: /ˌʌn.dəˈstænd/ US: /-də`-/

Translation

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⇨ comprender

⇨ entender

I don't understand what you mean

No entiendo lo que quieres decir

■ constr. 1. to understand + (that) 2. to understand + interrogativa indirecta

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⇨ explicarse

I don't understand how all this could have happened

No me explico cómo pudo ocurrir todo esto

■ constr. to understand + interrogativa indirecta

to understand (that) (form)

⇨ tener entendido (que)

I understand that you are leaving the company

Tengo entendido que te marchas de la empresa

(Definition of understand v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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