Understand - Entender (The 229th Most Common Spanish Word)

The Spanish word for Understand is Entender. This word often comes up when talking about communication, emotions. It can be used as verb. It is classified as a A1 word, and is the 229th most common word in Spanish. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to the word's pronunciation. Download our app for offline access to this and the other 3000 most common Spanish words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

English: understand

Spanish: entender

Examples


I can barely understand what he's saying.	Apenas puedo entender lo que él dice.
I pretended that I didn't understand.	Fingí no entender.
She's too young to understand.	Eres demasiado joven para entender.
I can't understand myself.	No me puedo entender.
No one can understand your letter.	Nadie puede entender tu carta.
You have to understand that he died.	Tenés que entender que él murió.
I couldn't understand a thing from what he said.	No pude entender nada de lo que dijo.
I can't understand a single word.	No puedo entender una sola palabra.

Even a child can understand it.	Eso lo puede entender hasta un niño.
He can make himself understood in English.	Él se puede hacer entender en inglés.
I couldn't make myself understood.	Yo no pude darme a entender.
I cannot understand why he left so suddenly.	No puedo entender por qué se fue tan de repente.
I still don't understand it.	sigo sin entender
I couldn't make myself understood in English.	No pude hacerme entender en inglés.
His ideas are difficult to understand.	Es difícil entender sus ideas.
I don't understand the way that he thinks.	No puedo entender sus ideas en absoluto.
I think that maybe I won't be able to make myself understood in English.	Me temo que no podré hacerme entender en inglés.
I can't understand his feeling.	No puedo entender sus sentimientos.
I pretended not to be able to understand what she was telling me.	Le puse cara de no entender lo que me decía.
It's difficult to understand his theory.	Es difícil entender su teoría.
His theory is difficult to understand.	Es difícil entender su teoría.