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Pronunciation: /sens/

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n

  • 1 a c (physical faculty) sentido (m) the sense of hearing/smell/taste/touch = el (sentido del) oído/olfato/gusto/tacto b pl (rational state) to come to one's senses = entrar en razón
  • 2 a (impression) (no pl) sensación (f) b c u (awareness) sentido (m) sense of direction/humor = sentido de la orientación/del humor I lost all sense of time = perdí completamente la noción del tiempo
  • 3 u (common sense) sentido (m) común she had the (good) sense to leave her phone number = tuvo la sensatez de dejar su número de teléfono I can't make him see sense = no puedo hacerlo entrar en razón
  • 4 c a (meaning) sentido (m) in every sense of the word = en todo sentido b (aspect, way) in a sense they're both correct = en cierto modo ambos tienen razón
  • 5to make sense a (be comprehensible) tener* sentido b (be sensible) what he said made a lot of sense = lo que dijo era muy razonable to make sense of sth = entender* algo

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