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distinguir meaning in English

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distinguir verb

distinguish [distinguished, distinguishing, distinguishes](to see someone or something as different from others)
verb
[UK: dɪ.ˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ] [US: ˌdɪ.ˈstɪŋ.ˌɡwɪʃ]
I can't distinguish the taste. = No puedo distinguir el gusto.

make out(to discern)
verb
[UK: ˈmeɪk ˈaʊt] [US: ˈmeɪk ˈaʊt]

tell [told, telling, tells](to discern, notice, identify or distinguish)
verb
[UK: tel] [US: ˈtel]
He cannot tell right from wrong. = Él no distingue el bien del mal.

distinguirse verb

excel [excelled, excelling, excels](intransitive: to be much better than others)
verb
[UK: ɪk.ˈsel] [US: ɪk.ˈsel]