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sense meaning in Spanish

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sense [senses] (conscious awareness)
noun
[UK: sens]
[US: ˈsens]

sensaciónnoun
{f}
He felt a sense of relief when he saw that she was alive. = Una sensación de alivio lo recorrió al ver que ella estaba viva.

sense [senses] (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
noun
[UK: sens]
[US: ˈsens]

sentidonoun
{m}
That makes sense. = Eso cobra sentido.

sense [senses] (semantics term)
noun
[UK: sens]
[US: ˈsens]

acepciónnoun
{f}

significaciónnoun
{f}

significadonoun
{m}
The word is frequently used in this sense. = La palabra a menudo es usada con este significado.

sense [sensed, sensing, senses] (to comprehend)
verb
[UK: sens]
[US: ˈsens]

dar sentidoverb

sense [sensed, sensing, senses] (to instinctively be aware)
verb
[UK: sens]
[US: ˈsens]

percibirverbBlind people sometimes develop a compensatory ability to sense how close objects are around them. = La gente ciega a veces desarrolla una habilidad compensatoria de percibir la proximidad de los objetos alrededor de ellos.

sensarverb

sense [sensed, sensing, senses] (use biological senses)
verb
[UK: sens]
[US: ˈsens]

sentirverbThat makes sense. = Eso cobra sentido.

sense of humour (quality of an individual to find certain things funny)
noun
[UK: sens əv ˈhjuː.mə(r)]
[US: ˈsens əv ˈhjuː.mər]

sentido del humornoun
{m}

sense organ [sense organs] (an organic sensor)
noun
[UK: sens ˈɔː.ɡən]
[US: ˈsens ˈɔːr.ɡən]

órgano del sentidonoun
{m}

sensei (martial arts instructor)
noun

senseinoun
{m}

senséinoun
{m}

antisense [antisenses] (a molecule which suppresses transcription)
noun
[UK: ˈæn.ti.ˌsens]
[US: ˈæn.ti.ˌsens]

antisentidonoun
{m}

common sense (ordinary understanding)
noun
[UK: ˈkɒ.mən sens]
[US: ˈkɑː.mən ˈsens]

sentido comúnnoun
{m}

five senses (sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch)
noun
[UK: faɪv ˈsen.sɪz]
[US: ˈfaɪv ˈsen.səz]

cinco sentidosnoun
{m-Pl}

in every sense of the word adverb

en toda la extensión de la palabraadverb

make sense (be coherent)
verb

cuadrarverb

encajarverb

ser lógicoverb

tener sentidoverb

make sense (decipher, understand)
verb

entenderverb

nonsense (meaningless words)
noun
[UK: ˈnɒnsns]
[US: ˈnɑːn.sens]

contrasentidonoun
{f}

desbarronoun
{f}

despropósitonoun
{f}
None of us will collaborate in such nonsense. = Ninguno de nosotros va a colaborar en semejante despropósito.

disparatenoun
{m}
Don't talk nonsense. = No digas disparates.

estupideznoun
{f}

pamemanoun
{f}

pamplinasnoun
{f}
Don't listen to him, he's talking nonsense. = No hagas caso, son todo pamplinas.

paridanoun
{f}

sandeznoun
{f}
Hearing such nonsense, Julia rolled her eyes back into her head. = Al oír semejante sandez, Julia puso los ojos en blanco.

sinsentidonoun
{f}
That's utter nonsense. = Eso es un completo sinsentido.

tontadanoun
{f}

tonteríanoun
{f}
Don't talk nonsense! = No hables tonterías.

tontunanoun
{f}

nonsense (resulting from the substitution of a nucleotide in a sense codon, causing it to become a stop codon)
adjective
[UK: ˈnɒnsns]
[US: ˈnɑːn.sens]

sin sentidoadjective

nonsense (untrue statement)
noun
[UK: ˈnɒnsns]
[US: ˈnɑːn.sens]

bulonoun
{m}

infundiosnoun
{m-Pl}

mentiranoun
{f}

paparruchasnoun
{f-Pl}

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