Translation of "understand" - English-Portuguese dictionary

understand

verb uk /ˌʌn·dəˈstænd/ us /ˌʌn·dərˈstænd/ past tense and past participle understood

A1 to know the meaning of something that someone says

compreender, entender
She didn’t understand so I explained it again.

A2 to know why or how something happens or works

compreender, entender
We still don’t fully understand how the brain works.

B1 to know how someone feels or why they behave in a particular way

compreender, entender
I don’t understand James sometimes.

(Translation of “understand” from the Cambridge English–Portuguese Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)