read Significado & definición

Significado de read en español

• 0 to look at words and understand what they mean -- leer

  • What was the last book you read?

  • I’ve been reading about Marilyn Monroe.

• 1 to look at words that are written and say them aloud for other people to listen to -- leer

  • Do you want me to read it to you?

• 2 to understand written words -- leer

  • children who are unable to read niños que no pueden leer

  • I can’t read Arabic. No puedo leer árabe.

• 3 to speak or think the words in a book, magazine, letter, etc. -- leer

  • His mother reads to him every night. Su madre le lee todas las noches.

  • I read the whole book in a day. Leí todo el libro en un día.

• 4 to obtain information from reading -- leer

  • I read it in an article I found online. Lo leí en un artículo que encontré en línea.

  • We were reading about the planets at school. Estábamos leyendo sobre los planetas en el colegio.

• 5 to be able to understand easily -- leer

  • She’s very good at reading people. Ella es muy buena leyendo a la gente.

  • The team failed to read the situation on the field. El equipo no pudo leer la situación en el campo.

• 6 to have sth short written on -- decir

  • The sign read “No entry.” El cartel decía “No entrar”.

• 7 to look at and understand numbers, symbols, etc. on an instrument, map, etc. -- interpretar

  • I’m not very good at reading maps. No se me da bien entender mapas.

  • How do you read this table? ¿Cómo interpretas esta tabla?

• 8 (of an instrument, machine, or device) to show a particular number -- marcar

  • The gas gauge read full. El medidor de gas marca completo.

• 9 to understand a meaning that is not stated directly -- leer entre las líneas

  • Reading between the lines, I could see the situation was going to get worse. Leyendo entre las líneas, pude ver que la situación iba a empeorar.