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interpret

 
 
/ɪnˈtɜːprɪt/ verb

Translation

EXPLAIN [T] to explain or decide what you think a particular phrase, performance, action, etc means
yorumlamak, tefsir etmek
His comments were interpreted as an attack on the government.1110
CHANGE LANGUAGE [I, T] to change what someone has said into another language
çevirmek, tercüme etmek
We had to ask the guide to interpret for us.2150
(Definition of interpret verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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