comprensión

f.

understanding, comprehension, grasp, insight.

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comprensión

► nombre femenino

1 understanding

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noun f.

1) understanding, comprehension

2) sympathy

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SF

1) (=entendimiento) understanding

los dibujos nos ayudan a la comprensión del texto — the drawings help us to understand the text o help our understanding of the text

un ejercicio de comprensión auditiva — a listening comprehension test

2) (=actitud comprensiva) understanding

ha mostrado una gran comprensión con nuestros problemas — he has shown great understanding of our problems

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femenino understanding

un texto de difícil/fácil comprensión — a text which is difficult/easy to understand

capacidad de comprensión — comprehension

- comprensión auditiva

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= awareness, comprehensibility, comprehension, grasp, insight, understanding.

Ex. Against this proliferation of hosts there is a distinct awareness amongst users of the need for the rationalisation.

Ex. Such terms contribute to brevity and ought to used to maximum effect, but they must be used with care if comprehensibility is to be maintained.

Ex. Sometimes, in the interest of comprehension or helpfulness, modifications to the standard pattern are desirable.

Ex. It may be necessary to read some documents more than once before a satisfactory grasp of their content is achieved.

Ex. The human indexer works mechanically and rapidly; he should require no insight into the document content.

Ex. We librarians ought to have a clearer understanding of our stock-in-trade (books) and their function of social mechanism.

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* capacidad de comprensión = listening skills, understanding capacity.

* comprensión lectora = reading comprehension.

* con comprensión = sympathetically.

* ejercicio de comprensión = comprehension exercise.

* falta de comprensión = incomprehension, lack of understanding.

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femenino understanding

un texto de difícil/fácil comprensión — a text which is difficult/easy to understand

capacidad de comprensión — comprehension

- comprensión auditiva

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= awareness, comprehensibility, comprehension, grasp, insight, understanding.

Ex: Against this proliferation of hosts there is a distinct awareness amongst users of the need for the rationalisation.

Ex: Such terms contribute to brevity and ought to used to maximum effect, but they must be used with care if comprehensibility is to be maintained.

Ex: Sometimes, in the interest of comprehension or helpfulness, modifications to the standard pattern are desirable.

Ex: It may be necessary to read some documents more than once before a satisfactory grasp of their content is achieved.

Ex: The human indexer works mechanically and rapidly; he should require no insight into the document content.

Ex: We librarians ought to have a clearer understanding of our stock-in-trade (books) and their function of social mechanism.

* capacidad de comprensión = listening skills, understanding capacity.

* comprensión lectora = reading comprehension.

* con comprensión = sympathetically.

* ejercicio de comprensión = comprehension exercise.

* falta de comprensión = incomprehension, lack of understanding.

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comprensión

feminine

1 (de una idea, un texto) understanding

un texto de difícil/fácil comprensión a text which is difficult/easy to understand

capacidad de comprensión comprehension

2 (de personas, actitudes) understanding

Compuesto:

comprensión auditiva

listening comprehension

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comprensión sustantivo femenino
understanding;

◊ capacidad de comprensión comprehension;

comprensión auditiva listening comprehension
comprensión sustantivo femenino understanding: la comprensión del problema es necesaria para resolverlo, you need to understand the problem before you can solve it

'comprensión' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
error
- nacer
- oscurecer
- inteligencia
English:
appreciation
- comprehension
- grasp
- realization
- supportively
- supportiveness
- sympathetic
- sympathy
- understanding
- sympathetically

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comprensión nf

1. [acción] understanding;

las fotografías ayudan a la comprensión del texto the photographs help you to understand the text;

un niño con problemas de comprensión oral a child with problems understanding speech;

de fácil/difícil comprensión easy/difficult to understand

2. [actitud] understanding;

tienes que mostrar más comprensión con él you have to be more understanding with him

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comprensión

f

1 understanding

2 de texto, auditiva comprehension

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comprensión nf, pl -siones

1) : comprehension, understanding, grasp

2) : understanding, sympathy

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comprensión n understanding