mean
[mi:n] ( pt & pp meant )transitive verb Coniugazione
| 1. | [signify]
Coniugazione significar, querer decir
what does that word mean? ¿qué quiere decir esa palabra? it means nothing to me no significa nada para mí |
| 2. | [have in mind]
querer decir, referirse a
what do you mean? ¿qué quieres decir? do you know what I mean? ¿sabes? to mean to do something tener la intención de or querer hacer algo I meant to phone you earlier iba a llamarte antes to be meant for estar destinado ( f destinada) a they were meant for each other estaban hechos el uno para el otro to be meant to do something deber hacer algo that's not meant to be there eso no debería estar allí it was meant to be a surprise se suponía que era una sorpresa it was meant to be a joke era solamente una broma to mean well tener buenas intenciones |
| 3. | [be serious about]
I mean it hablo or lo digo en serio |
| 4. | [be important, matter]
Coniugazione significar
it means a lot to us significa mucho para nosotros |
| 5. | [entail] Coniugazione suponer, Coniugazione implicar |
| I mean quiero decir, o sea |
mean
[mi:n]adjective
| 1. | [miserly]
tacaño ( f
tacaña), amarrete (invariable)
(Chile)
(R Plata)
to be mean with ser tacaño con |
| 2. | [unkind]
mezquino ( f
mezquina), malo ( f
mala)
to be mean to somebody ser malo con alguien |
| 3. | [average] medio ( f media) |
| 4. | he's no mean singer
[excellent]
es un cantante de primera
it's no mean task [difficult, challenging] es una tarea muy difícil |
mean
[mi:n]noun
[average] promedio m, media f
