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Translate purpose from English to Spanish

Summary

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purpose:
- sentido; significado
Wiktionary:
- purpose → propósito, intención, objetivo, decisión, determinación, resolución, tema, objeto, razón
- purpose → proponerse
- purpose → efecto, objetivo, fin, propósito, intención, finalidad, blanco

English

Detailed Translations for purpose from English to Spanish

purpose:

purpose [the ~] nomen

the purpose (use; intention; drift; meaning)
el sentido
- sentido [el ~] nomen
the purpose (meaning; substance; intention; composition)
el significado; el sentido
- significado [el ~] nomen
- sentido [el ~] nomen

Translation Matrix for purpose:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
sentido	composition; drift; intention; meaning; purpose; substance; use	establishment; feeling; instinct; institute; institution; intuition; knack; organ of sense; sense organ
significado	composition; intention; meaning; purpose; substance	intent; meaning; merit; purport; sense; significance; stature; tendency; tenor; value; worth
-	aim; design; determination; function; intent; intention; role; use
Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	aim; propose; purport; resolve
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
sentido		intense; sensitive; sentimental

Related Words for "purpose":

purposive, purposes, purposely

Synonyms for "purpose":

intent; intention; aim; design; goal; end
function; role; use; utility; usefulness
determination; resoluteness; firmness; firmness of purpose; resolve; resolution
aim; purport; propose; intend; mean; think
resolve; decide; make up one's mind; determine

Related Definitions for "purpose":

the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose¹
- he is a man of purpose¹
what something is used for¹
an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions¹
reach a decision¹
propose or intend¹

Wiktionary Translations for purpose:

purpose

noun

target
- purpose → propósito
intention
- purpose → propósito; intención; objetivo
determination
- purpose → decisión; determinación; resolución
subject of discourse
- purpose → tema; objeto
reason for doing something
- purpose → propósito; objeto; razón

verb

have set as one's purpose; intend
- purpose → proponerse

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• purpose	→ efecto	↔ Behuf — veraltend; in Verbindung mit zu oder im Genitiv: Zweck
• purpose	→ objetivo	↔ Ziel — Ausrichtung oder Endpunkt einer Bestrebung
• purpose	→ fin; propósito	↔ Zweck — Ziel, das mit einer Handlung, mit einem Vorgang oder mit einer sonstigen Maßnahme erreicht werden soll; Funktion, der etwas dienen soll
• purpose	→ propósito; intención	↔ Absicht — geplante noch nicht abgeschlossene Handlung
• purpose	→ intención; fin; objetivo; finalidad; blanco	↔ dessein — Intention d’exécuter quelque chose (sens général)
• purpose	→ intención; propósito	↔ propos — parole échanger dans la conversation.

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