to comprende
He or she understands
- verb
- Si ella no comprende el tema, puede preguntar al profesor.
Examples
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Cuando escucho la historia, finalmente comprende su significado.
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comprende.
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Él siempre comprende las instrucciones rápidamente.
Surface Forms
comprende infinitive
comprendiendo present participle
comprende third person singular
comprendió past
comprendido past participle
Etymology
Comprende is the Spanish third-person form of comprender, which comes from Latin comprehendere meaning 'to take hold of' an idea and is the same root as the English comprehend, so to comprende something is to 'grasp' it and understand it.