UNDERSTAND - Traducción inglés-francés

Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

inglés

francés

I. understand <pret. imperf., part. pas. understood> [ingl. brit. ʌndəˈstand, ingl. am. ˌəndərˈstænd] V. trans.

1. understand (intellectually):

understand question, language, concept

comprendre

is that understood?

c'est compris?

I just don't understand it

je n'arrive vraiment pas à comprendre

to understand that …

comprendre que …

to understand how/why

comprendre comment/pourquoi

I can't understand why

je n'arrive pas à comprendre pourquoi

to make oneself understood

se faire comprendre

2. understand (emotionally):

understand person, feelings

comprendre

I don't understand you

je ne te comprends pas

to understand sb doing

comprendre que qn fasse

I can understand her being upset

je comprends qu'elle soit bouleversée

3. understand (interpret):

understand person, statement

comprendre

do I understand you correctly?

vous ai-je bien compris?

what do you understand by this?

qu'est-ce que tu comprends par ceci?

as I understand it

si je comprends bien

I understood him to say or as saying that…

j'ai compris qu'il disait que…

I think we understand each other

je pense que nous nous comprenons

4. understand (believe):

to understand that …

croire que …

I understood (that) I was to wait

je croyais que je devais attendre

it is/was understood that …

on pense/pensait que …

he was/they were given to understand that …

on lui/leur a donné à entendre que …

you won I understand

vous avez gagné si je comprends bien

‘he's dead’—‘so I understand’

‘il est mort’—‘c'est ce que j'ai cru comprendre’

5. understand:

to be understood (be mutually accepted)

être entendu

I thought that was understood

je pensais que c'était entendu

it must be understood that …

il faut qu'il soit bien entendu que …

locuciones, giros idiomáticos:

to be understood LING. (be implied) subject:

être sous-entendu

II. understand <pret. imperf., part. pas. understood> [ingl. brit. ʌndəˈstand, ingl. am. ˌəndərˈstænd] V. intr.

1. understand (comprehend):

understand

comprendre (about à propos de)

no slip-ups, (do you) understand?

et pas de gaffes, d'accord?

2. understand (sympathize):

understand

comprendre

I quite/fully understand

je comprends tout à fait/parfaitement

in context study, understand

dans son contexte

confusedly think, understand

confusément

readily forget, forgive, understand, achieve, obtain

facilement

the thickness of his accent makes him hard to understand

son accent est si fort qu'on a de la peine à le comprendre

francés

inglés

ne rien bitter à

to understand fuck all of vulg. argot

ne rien bitter à

to understand zilch of coloq.

ne rien bitter à discours

to understand fuck all about vulg. argot

ne rien bitter à discours

to understand zilch about coloq.

s'efforcer de comprendre

to try hard to understand

je leur ai fait gentiment comprendre

in the nicest possible way I made them understand

comprendre

to understand

si je comprends bien

if I understand correctly

je ne comprends rien à ce qu'il raconte

I don't understand a word of what he's saying

je ne comprends rien aux mathématiques

I don't understand anything about mathematics

dois-je comprendre que tu n'as pas fini?

am I to understand ou to take it that you haven't finished?

ne te mêles pas de cela, tu as compris ou c'est compris!

keep out of it, do you hear ou understand?

est-ce que tu as compris quelque chose au cours?

did you understand any of the lecture?

comprendre

to understand

faire comprendre qc à qn

to make sb understand sth

comprendre (admettre) attitude, sentiment

to understand

comprendre (faire preuve de compréhension envers) person

to understand

je comprends qu'il soit furieux

I can understand his anger

je suis fatigué tu peux comprendre cela?

can't you understand I'm tired?

essaie de me comprendre

try to understand

comme je le comprends!

I understand him exactly

se comprendre

to understand each other ou one another

avoir des problèmes de compréhension

to have trouble understanding, to find it difficult to understand

pour aider à la compréhension

to make it easier to understand

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inglés

francés

I. understand [ˌʌndəˈstænd, ingl. am. -dɚˈ-] irreg. V. trans.

1. understand (perceive meaning):

understand

comprendre

to make oneself understood

se faire comprendre

to understand one another

se comprendre

the problem as I understand it

si je comprends bien le problème

2. understand (believe, infer):

it is understood that ...

il est entendu que ...

I understand that you're leaving

j'ai cru comprendre que tu partais

to give sb to understand that ...

faire comprendre à qn que ...

II. understand [ˌʌndəˈstænd, ingl. am. -dɚˈ-] irreg. V. intr.

understand

comprendre

to understand about sb/sth

comprendre qn/qc

am I to understand from this that ...?

dois-je comprendre par là que ...?

I understand from the letter that ...

j'ai cru comprendre en lisant la lettre que ...

fully understand

parfaitement

francés

inglés

comprendre

to understand

faire comprendre qc à qn (expliquer)

to get sb to understand sth

faire comprendre qc à qn (dire indirectement)

to give sb to understand sth

ne comprendre rien à rien coloq.

to understand absolutely nothing

comprendre

to understand

il ne faut pas chercher à comprendre

it's no use trying to understand

se comprendre

to understand each other

en bon français irón. hum.

in language anyone could understand

tu ne comprends pas/vous ne comprenez pas le français? coloq.

don't you understand plain English?

feindre de ne rien [ou pas] comprendre

to pretend not to understand

on conçoit sa déception

you can understand her disappointment

je m'acharne à lui faire comprendre

I'm trying desperately to make him understand

je le comprends

I understand

je(n')y comprenais que dalle coloq.

I couldn't understand a damn thing

percevoir vérité, intention

to understand

en el diccionario PONS

inglés

francés

I. understand [ˌʌn·dər·ˈstænd] irreg. V. trans.

1. understand (perceive meaning):

understand

comprendre

to make oneself understood

se faire comprendre

to understand one another

se comprendre

the problem as I understand it

si je comprends bien le problème

2. understand (believe, infer):

it is understood that ...

il est entendu que ...

I understand that you're leaving

j'ai cru comprendre que tu partais/vous partiez

II. understand [ˌʌn·dər·ˈstænd] irreg. V. intr.

understand

comprendre

to understand about sb/sth

comprendre qn/qc

am I to understand from this that ...?

dois-je comprendre par là que ...?

I understand from the letter that ...

j'ai cru comprendre en lisant la lettre que ...

fully understand

parfaitement

I don't quite understand

je n'ai pas tout à fait compris

francés

inglés

comprendre

to understand

faire comprendre qc à qn (expliquer)

to get sb to understand sth

ne comprendre rien à rien coloq.

to understand absolutely nothing

comprendre

to understand

il ne faut pas chercher à comprendre

there's no use trying to understand

comprendre

to understand each other

en bon français irón. hum.

in language anyone could understand

tu ne comprends pas/vous ne comprenez pas le français? coloq.

don't you understand plain English?

je le comprends

I understand

on conçoit sa déception

you can understand his/her disappointment

je(n')y comprenais que dalle coloq.

I couldn't understand a damn thing

percevoir vérité, intention

to understand

on le comprend à peine tellement il parle vite

you can hardly understand him, he speaks so fast

Present

I	understand
you	understand
he/she/it	understands
we	understand
you	understand
they	understand

Past

I	understood
you	understood
he/she/it	understood
we	understood
you	understood
they	understood

Present Perfect

I	have	understood
you	have	understood
he/she/it	has	understood
we	have	understood
you	have	understood
they	have	understood

Past Perfect

I	had	understood
you	had	understood
he/she/it	had	understood
we	had	understood
you	had	understood
they	had	understood

Ejemplos monolingües (no verificados por la redacción de PONS)

She lost both her parents for reasons she could not fully understand.

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Where they are fully developed, they probably aid in food intake.

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Cells are typically passaged before becoming fully confluent in order to maintain their proliferative phenotype.

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It has eight fully owned subsidiaries and three listed companies.

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Instead, submission is signalled before the lock is fully applied.

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