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meaning:

meaning [the ~] nomen

  1. the meaning (intent; tendency; purport; )
    la intención; el significado; la significación; la idea
  2. the meaning (substance; purpose; intention; composition)
    el significado; el sentido
  3. the meaning
    la intención
  4. the meaning (use; purpose; intention; drift)
    el sentido
  5. the meaning (significance; importance; weight)
    el interés; la importancia; el valor
  6. the meaning (expression; phrase; statement; )
    el modismo; el dicho; el giro
  7. the meaning (purport; tendency; inclination; )
    la intención; la significación; el tenor; la tendencia

meaning adj

  1. meaning (so to speak; so to say)
    por decirlo así

Translation Matrix for meaning:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
dicho expression; meaning; phrase; saying; statement; term; turn of phrase aphorism; formulation; maxim; saying; wording
giro expression; meaning; phrase; saying; statement; term; turn of phrase Giro transfer; Girobank; Post Office Giro; about-turn; bank giro; change; crisis; curve; emergency situation; giro; giro account; inversion; meanness; miserliness; payment by Giro; reversal; revolution; rotation; state of emergency; stinginess; swerve; turn; turning-point; u turn
idea intent; meaning; purport; sense; stature; tendency; tenor angle; aspect; assault; attitude; awareness; brightness; cleverness; conception; consciousness; conviction; creed; discernment; disposition; fabrication; fantasy; figment of the imagination; hold up; idea; illusion; image; imagination; inclination; insight; intelligence; interpretation; notion; opinion; outlook; perception; perspective; phantasy; pipe dream; point of view; raid; reading; realisation; realization; sagacity; smartness; stand; thought; understanding; version; view; vision; way of thinking
importancia importance; meaning; significance; weight importance; merit; respectability; significance; stateliness; value; worth
intención inclination; intent; meaning; purport; sense; signification; stature; tendency; tenor; trend contents; distinction; distinction of manner; goal; intention; objective; orientation; tendency toward; trend; will; wish
interés importance; meaning; significance; weight benefit; concerning; drive; energy; fascination; fervor; fervour; gin; impetus; interest; jenever; momentum; profit; soul; spirit; spunk; strength; thoroughness; use; usefulness; utility; value
modismo expression; meaning; phrase; saying; statement; term; turn of phrase
sentido composition; drift; intention; meaning; purpose; substance; use establishment; feeling; instinct; institute; institution; intuition; knack; organ of sense; sense organ
significación inclination; intent; meaning; purport; sense; signification; stature; tendency; tenor; trend
significado composition; intent; intention; meaning; purport; purpose; sense; stature; substance; tendency; tenor merit; significance; value; worth
tendencia inclination; meaning; purport; sense; signification; tendency; tenor; trend conviction; creed; disposition; drift; fashion; idea; inclination; notion; opinion; orientation; orientation on; tendency; tendency toward; tenor; trend; view
tenor inclination; meaning; purport; sense; signification; tendency; tenor; trend tenor
valor importance; meaning; significance; weight bond; braveness; bravery; costlyness; courage; daring; expensiveness; gallantry; manliness; merit; security; setting; significance; sturdiness; valor; valour; value; vigor; vigour; worth
- import; significance; signification; substance
AdjectiveRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- pregnant; significant
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- knowing; significant
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
dicho mentioned; said
por decirlo así meaning; so to say; so to speak
sentido intense; sensitive; sentimental

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Synonyms for "meaning":


Related Definitions for "meaning":

  1. rich in significance or implication1
    • a meaning look1
  2. the idea that is intended1
    • What is the meaning of this proverb?1
  3. the message that is intended or expressed or signified1
    • what is the meaning of this sentence1

Wiktionary Translations for meaning:

meaning
noun
  1. -
  2. definition or connotation of a word
Cross Translation:
FromToVia
• meaning → significado ↔ Bedeutung — Sinn einer Information, Handlung oder Sache
• meaning → significación; sentido; significado ↔ betekenis — wat iets betekent, waar iets voor staat
• meaning → significado; sentido ↔ bedoeling — de zin of strekking
• meaning → significación; significado ↔ zin — een bestaansreden
• meaning → acepción; aceptación ↔ acception — sens particulier dans lequel un mot est utilisé.
• meaning → sentido; significado; signification; acepción; aceptación ↔ sens — Signification
• meaning → acepción; sentido; significación; significado ↔ signification — Ce que signifie une chose ; sens attacher à une chose.

meaning form of mean:

to mean verb (means, meant, meaning)

  1. to mean (aim at)
    querer decir; pretender; referirse a; tener la intención de
  2. to mean (coming down)
    significar
  3. to mean (aim at; strive; make for)
    tener como objetivo; tener como fin de
  4. to mean (signify)
    querer decir; significar

Conjugations for mean:

present
  1. mean
  2. mean
  3. means
  4. mean
  5. mean
  6. mean
simple past
  1. meant
  2. meant
  3. meant
  4. meant
  5. meant
  6. meant
present perfect
  1. have meant
  2. have meant
  3. has meant
  4. have meant
  5. have meant
  6. have meant
past continuous
  1. was meaning
  2. were meaning
  3. was meaning
  4. were meaning
  5. were meaning
  6. were meaning
future
  1. shall mean
  2. will mean
  3. will mean
  4. shall mean
  5. will mean
  6. will mean
continuous present
  1. am meaning
  2. are meaning
  3. is meaning
  4. are meaning
  5. are meaning
  6. are meaning
subjunctive
  1. be meant
  2. be meant
  3. be meant
  4. be meant
  5. be meant
  6. be meant
diverse
  1. mean!
  2. let's mean!
  5. meant
  6. meaning
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

mean adj

  1. mean (cunning; vicious; nasty; )
    exquisito; zorro; bajo; desagradable; malo; antipático; sinvergüenza; secreto; afilado; ducho; redomado; guarro; a escondidas; listo; grosero; canalla; sofisticado; vivo; falso; disimulado; secretamente; astuto; hábil; desafinado; indecente; taimado; pérfido; cazurro; traicionero; tallado; reticente; despreciable; obsceno; andrajoso; harapiento; solapado; socarrón; a hurtadillas; terriblemente; subrepticio; falsamente; falsificado; en secreto; desacorde; en falso
  2. mean (bad)
    mal; malo; maligno; vil; soez; infame; malicioso; falso; ruin; pérfido
  3. mean (vile; pedestrian)
    bajo; malo; pequeño; inferior; menos; común; grosero; indigno; bajamente; realmente; sencillo; general; guarro; mezquino; limitado; sencillamente; soez; corriente; grave; normalmente; habitual; acostumbrado; vil; simplemente; verdaderamente; ordinario; canalla; francamente; ruin; usual; infame; indecente; criminal; comúnmente; obsceno; andrajoso; módico; harapiento; como siempre; sin más; ignominioso; habituado a; vilmente; deshonroso; oxidante; así como así; innoble; a sotavento
  4. mean (despicable; scornful; niggardly; false; stingy)
    despectivo; desdeñoso
  5. mean (sordid; sheet)
    inferior; banal; vulgar
  6. mean (underhand; sneaky; malicious; )
    taimado; ladino; solapado; a la chita callando; a hurtadillas; disimulado; subrepticio
  7. mean (false; fictitious; faked; )
    falsamente; falso; vil; malo; mezquino; fingido; desdeñoso; vilmente; falsificado; fuera de tono
  8. mean (villainous; base; nasty)
    bajo; sinvergüenza; a sotavento; malo; grosero; vil; indigno; ordinario; infame; indecente; obsceno; andrajoso; vilmente; bajamente; innoble
  9. mean (behind one's back; vicious; vile; )
    malo; falso; clandestino; desagradable; pérfido; secretamente; falsamente; bajo; traidor; traicionero; sinvergüenza; despreciable; a escondidas; disimulado; andrajoso; harapiento; socarrón; en secreto; en falso; desarrapado

Translation Matrix for mean:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
antipático monstrosity; ogre; ugly fellow
bajo bass; contrabass; sandbank
canalla bastard; caboodle; cad; chaos; cunt; hash; mayhem; mess; monstrosity; muddle; nasty character; ogre; rabble; ragtag; rascal; riff-raff; riffraff; rogue; scamp; scoundrel; scum; shady chap; sneaker; snide; ugly fellow; vermin; villain
corriente air lock; draft; inflow; influx
criminal bastard; cad; criminal; delinquent; evil-doer; malefactor; offender; perpetrator; rascal; rogue; scoundrel; villain
exquisito exquisite
falso wrong
general commanding officer; general
grosero bastard; booby; boor; boorishness; brute; churl; clodhopper; clumsy fellow; discourtesy; dolt; duffer; hulk; ill-mannered brute; lout; lubber; oaf; prole; rude fellow; rudeness; slob; swine; yokel
guarro dirty fellow; dirty-fellow; dirtyness; obscenity; pervert; piglet; pigling; prole; skunk; slob; smut; smutty talk; swine; wretch
inferior inferior
listo bright spark; genius; smart fellow
mal Beelzebuub; Lord of Evil; Lucifer; Prince of Darkness; Satan; ailment; complaint; daemon; demon; devil; disease; disorder; inconvenience; nuisance; trouble; wickedness
malicioso fly boy; shifty character; slick customer; smooth operator; sneak
malo nasty character
menos minus; minus sign
pequeño kiddy; nipper; small child; small one; tike; toddler; tyke
pretender aiming at; aiming for; strive for
secreto confidentiality; mysteriousness; mystery; privacy; secrecy; secret; secretiveness
sinvergüenza asshole; bastard; brute; cad; criminal; delinquent; evil-doer; hulk; ill-mannered brute; malefactor; nasty piece of work; offender; perpetrator; rascal; rogue; rotter; scoundrel; villain; wretch; wretched fellow
socarrón fly boy; queer chap; queer fellow; rascal; rogue; shifty character; slick customer; slyboots; smooth operator; sneak; wag
taimado shady chap; sneaker; snide
traidor betrayer; squeaker; squealer; traitor; traitress; villain
vil robber; thief
vivo fastie; smart boy
zorro cunning person; dodger; fox; naughty boy; rascal; slick operator; slyboots
- mean value
VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
pretender aim at; mean aspire; aspire to; be of the opinion; do as if; feign; pretend; sham; simulate; stage; strive after; strive for; think a lot of oneself; work towards
querer decir aim at; mean; signify be of the opinion; want to say
referirse a aim at; mean affect; concern; regard; relate to; touch
significar coming down; mean; signify imply; indicate; point to; signify; stand for; suggest
tener como fin de aim at; make for; mean; strive
tener como objetivo aim at; make for; mean; strive
tener la intención de aim at; mean
- entail; have in mind; imply; intend; signify; stand for; think; think of
AdjectiveRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- average; base; bastardly; beggarly; hateful; meanspirited; mingy; miserly; tight
Not SpecifiedRelated TranslationsOther Translations
sofisticado fully-featured site; loaded site; rich site
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
maligno evil
- base; ignoble; miserly; nasty; niggardly; parsimonious; sparing; stingy
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
a escondidas bad; behind one's back; cunning; false; falsely; foul; indecent; jarring; low; mean; nasty; offensive; ribald; scurvy; secretly; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; underhand; vicious; vile clandestine; concealed; furtive; on the quiet; on the sly; privately; quietly; secret; secretly; silently; sneakily; sneaking; softly; stealthily; stealthy; surreptitiously; underhand; unnoticed; unobserved; unperceived; unseen
a hurtadillas behind someone's back; covert; cunning; false; low; malicious; mean; nasty; on the sly; secretive; secretly; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; sneakily; sneaky; underhand; vicious; vile clandestine; concealed; furtive; secretly; sneaking; stealthily; stealthy
a la chita callando behind someone's back; covert; malicious; mean; nasty; on the sly; secretive; secretly; sneakily; sneaky; underhand
a sotavento base; mean; nasty; pedestrian; vile; villainous banal; below the belt; bluntly; close; close by; coarse; crude; even; flat; flatly; gross; level; nasty; point blank; rotten; shabby; smooth; trite; trivial; uniform; unmannerly; unsavory; unsavoury; unwavering; vapid; vulgar
acostumbrado mean; pedestrian; vile acceptable; common; commonly; current; customary; habitual; ordinarily; ordinary; plain; quite common; used to; usual
afilado cunning; false; low; mean; nasty; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; underhand; vicious; vile able; adroit; astute; bright; capable; clever; crafty; cunning; dexterous; expert; ground off; handy; ingenious; intelligent; jagged; keen; keen-edged; lost; neat; nimble; perky; polished; proficient; razor-sharp; resourceful; roguish; sagacious; sharp; sharp-edged; sharpened; shrewd; skilful; skillful; slick; sly; smart; smoothened; well sharpened; wily; wise
andrajoso bad; base; behind one's back; cunning; false; falsely; foul; indecent; jarring; low; mean; nasty; offensive; pedestrian; ribald; scurvy; secretly; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; underhand; vicious; vile; villainous miserable; paltry; poor; ragged; shabby; shady; slutty; tarty; unsightly
antipático cunning; false; low; mean; nasty; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; underhand; vicious; vile antipathetic; blackguardly; impolite; repellant; repellent; repulsive; revolting; roguish; scoundrelly; uncivil; uncongenial; unengaging; unfriendly; unkind; unpleasant; villainous
astuto cunning; false; low; mean; nasty; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; underhand; vicious; vile astute; bluntly; bright; canny; clever; close; close by; coarse; crafty; crude; cunning; empty; even; flat; flatly; fresh; idle; ingenious; intelligent; level; nimble; perky; plain; point blank; pointed; quick; resourceful; roguish; sagacious; sharp; shrewd; skilful; skillful; slick; sly; smart; smooth; unbroached; uniform; unopened; untouched; unused; unwavering; vulgar; wily; wise
así como así mean; pedestrian; vile acceptable; common; commonly; current; customary; habitual; ordinarily; ordinary; plain; quite common; usual
bajamente base; mean; nasty; pedestrian; vile; villainous banal; below the belt; coarse; gross; nasty; rotten; shabby; trite; trivial; unmannerly; unsavory; unsavoury; vapid; vulgar
bajo bad; base; behind one's back; cunning; false; falsely; foul; indecent; jarring; low; mean; nasty; offensive; pedestrian; ribald; scurvy; secretly; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; underhand; vicious; vile; villainous banal; below the belt; blackguardly; coarse; crude; diminutive; gross; inadequate; indigent; inferior; little; low; low-grade; low-hanging; middling; minuscule; nasty; needy; not high; pennyless; poor; roguish; rotten; scoundrelly; shabby; short; shortish; small; tiny; trite; trivial; under; undersized; unmannerly; unsavory; unsavoury; vapid; villainous; vulgar
banal mean; sheet; sordid banal; below the belt; coarse; futile; gross; insignificant; meaningless; nasty; rotten; shabby; trifling; trite; trivial; unimportant; unmannerly; unremarkable; unsavory; unsavoury; vapid; vulgar
canalla cunning; false; low; mean; nasty; pedestrian; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; underhand; vicious; vile blackguardly; roguish; scoundrelly; villainous
cazurro cunning; false; low; mean; nasty; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; underhand; vicious; vile cunning; roguish; shrewd; slick; sly
clandestino bad; behind one's back; falsely; foul; indecent; jarring; low; mean; nasty; offensive; ribald; scurvy; secretly; vicious; vile black; clandestine; concealed; covertly; extrajudicial; furtive; illegal; in secret; secretly; sneakily; sneaking; stealthily; stealthy; unlawful
como siempre mean; pedestrian; vile acceptable; common; commonly; current; customary; habitual; ordinarily; ordinary; plain; quite common; used to; usual
común mean; pedestrian; vile acceptable; average; common; commonly; communal; current; customary; habitual; joint; mediocre; ordinarily; ordinary; plain; quite common; shared; sympathized; usual
comúnmente mean; pedestrian; vile acceptable; as a rule; common; commonly; current; customary; generally; habitual; ordinarily; ordinary; plain; quite common; usual; usually
corriente mean; pedestrian; vile acceptable; common; commonly; contemporary; current; customary; futile; habitual; insignificant; meaningless; modern; new; normal; nowadays; of today; ordinarily; ordinary; present; present-day; quite common; running; trifling; trivial; unimportant; unremarkable; up to date; usual
criminal mean; pedestrian; vile banal; below the belt; blackguardly; coarse; criminal; gross; illegal; nasty; of criminal law; roguish; rotten; scoundrelly; shabby; trite; trivial; unmannerly; unsavory; unsavoury; vapid; villainous; vulgar
desacorde cunning; false; low; mean; nasty; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; underhand; vicious; vile blackguardly; in disagreement; roguish; scoundrelly; secretly; stealthily; villainous
desafinado cunning; false; low; mean; nasty; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; underhand; vicious; vile badly; blackguardly; evil-minded; false; low; malicious; roguish; scoundrelly; secretly; stealthily; vicious; villainous; with evil intention
desagradable bad; behind one's back; cunning; false; falsely; foul; indecent; jarring; low; mean; nasty; offensive; ribald; scurvy; secretly; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; underhand; vicious; vile a pity; aggravating; annoying; awkward; bashful; bold; bothersome; cheerless; chilli; chilly; clammy; cold; cold and damp; critical; diffident; disagreeable; dismal; embarrassed; exacting; grave; ill at ease; impolite; inadequate; inconvenient; insufficient; miserable; naseaus; pitiful; pityful; regretful; repulsive; rotten; serious; shy; sourly; timid; too bad; troublesome; unappetising; unappetizing; uncivil; uncongenial; uneasy; unengaging; unfriendly; ungrateful; uninviting; unkind; unpleasant; unsatisfactory; unsavory; unsavoury; unthankful; untrue; unwelcome; woeful; worrying; wretched
desarrapado bad; behind one's back; falsely; foul; indecent; jarring; low; mean; nasty; offensive; ribald; scurvy; secretly; vicious; vile
desdeñoso bogus; despicable; faked; false; feigned; fictitious; mean; niggardly; not genuine; scornful

Related Words for "mean":


Synonyms for "mean":


Related Definitions for "mean":

  1. of no value or worth1
  2. (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt1
  3. (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity1
    • a mean person1
  4. characterized by malice1
    • in a mean mood1
  5. having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality1
    • taking a mean advantage1
    • chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort1
  6. approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value1
    • the mean annual rainfall1
  7. marked by poverty befitting a beggar1
    • a mean hut1
  8. excellent1
    • famous for a mean backhand1
  9. an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n1
  10. have in mind as a purpose1
    • I mean no harm1
    • I only meant to help you1
  11. destine or designate for a certain purpose1
    • These flowers were meant for you1
  12. intend to refer to1
    • Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!1
  13. denote or connote1
    • `maison' means `house' in French1
    • An example sentence would show what this word means1
  14. mean or intend to express or convey1
    • You never understand what I mean!1
  15. have as a logical consequence1
    • The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers1
  16. have a specified degree of importance1
    • My ex-husband means nothing to me1
    • Happiness means everything1

Wiktionary Translations for mean:

mean
noun
  1. arithmetic mean
  2. intermediate value
  3. method by which something is done
adjective
  1. having the mean as its value
  2. low in quality; inferior
  3. accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with
  4. acting without consideration of others
  5. powerful; fierce; harsh; damaging
  6. miserly, stingy
  7. causing or intending to cause intentional harm
verb
  1. to result in; bring about
  2. to have conviction in what one says
  3. to signify
  4. to convey, indicate
  5. to have intentions of some kind
  6. to intend; plan on doing
Cross Translation:
FromToVia
• mean → vil; rastrero; infame; malo ↔ laag — gemeen
• mean → promedio; media ↔ gemiddelde — de som van een aantal getallen gedeeld door het aantal ervan
• mean → medio ↔ gemiddeld — tot de middenmoot behorend
• mean → significar ↔ betekenen — ergens voor staan
• mean → pretender ↔ bedoelen — iets met een bepaald oogmerk doen
• mean → querer decir ↔ bedoelen — met een woord of toespeling iets of iemand aanduiden of proberen aan te duiden
• mean → promedio ↔ Durchschnitt — Mathematik: Summe der Eigenschaften verschiedener Dinge, geteilt durch deren Anzahl
• mean → significar ↔ bedeuten — unpersönlich: etwas heißen, etwas bezeichnen
• mean → promedio ↔ durchschnittlich — dem Durchschnitt entsprechend, diesen repräsentierend, in der Art und Weise des Durchschnitts
• mean → significar ↔ heißen — einen bestimmten Sinn haben
• mean → mezquino; de miras estrechas; pedante; tacaño; minucioso ↔ kleinlich — übertrieben genau, zu stark auf Kleinigkeiten achtend
• mean → raído; raída ↔ schofel — umgangssprachlich abwertend: in empörender, verachtenswürdiger oder ähnlicher Art und Weise böse, minderwertig, niederträchtig, schäbig
• mean → roto; rota ↔ schofel — umgangssprachlich abwertend:in beschämender Weise kleinlich, geizig
• mean → avaro ↔ avare — Qui a un désir excessif d’accumuler.
• mean → avaricioso; avaro ↔ avaricieux — Qui est d’une avarice mesquine.
• mean → feo ↔ laid — Qui a quelque défaut qui se remarque dans les proportions
• mean → infame; vil ↔ lâche — Méprisable
• mean → medio ↔ moyen — Qui se situe entre deux extrémités.
• mean → promedio ↔ moyenne — grandeur tenir le milieu entre plusieurs autres que l’on rapprocher.
• mean → malo; malvado ↔ méchant — mauvais, antonyme : lien|bon|fr.
• mean → significar; denotar ↔ signifier — Indiquer, avoir comme sens, quelque chose
• mean → querer decir; apuntar a; aspirar a; tender ↔ viser — Traductions à trier suivant le sens

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