sentido

Definitions of sentido
  1. noun
    the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
    synonyms: buen criterio, criterio, discernimiento, enjuiciamiento, malicia
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    ojo, vista
    good discernment (either visually or as if visually)
    asiento, caletre, chapa, cholla, compostura, conocimiento, cordura, discreción, juicio, lastre, pesquis, pulso, pupila, sensatez, sentido común, seso, testa, tino
    sound practical judgment
    aviso, circunspección, discreción, juicio, prudencia
    knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress
    miramiento, ojo, precaución, premeditación, prevención, previsión, primor, providencia, prudencia, recaudo, tiento
    judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger
  2. noun
    an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
    synonyms: conciencia, conocimiento, consciencia
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    inconsciencia
    a state lacking normal awareness of the self or environment
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    ego, yo
    your consciousness of your own identity
    sensibilidad
    mental responsiveness and awareness
    insomnio
    the state of remaining awake
    estado de alerta
    a periodic state during which you are conscious and aware of the world
    type of:
    estado de ánimo
    the state of a person's cognitive processes
  3. noun
    the idea that is intended
    synonyms: acepción, tenor
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    tono
    the general meaning or substance of an utterance
    trasfondo
    a subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning
    denotación
    the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to
    significado
    the pervading meaning or tenor
    type of:
    idea, pensamiento
    the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
  4. noun
    the pervading meaning or tenor
    synonyms: significado
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    tono
    the general meaning or substance of an utterance
  5. noun
    the intended meaning of a communication
    synonyms: intención
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    importancia, significación, significado
    the message that is intended or expressed or signified
  6. noun
    the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
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    curso, dirección, giro, rumbo
    a line leading to a place or point
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