instinct

instinto

Impulso o comportamiento natural con el que se nace, sin necesidad de aprenderlo.

En inglés sencillo: A natural feeling or behavior that you are born with rather than learn.

• Birds build nests by instinct.
• Her protective instinct made her reach for the child.
• The animal’s survival instinct kept it moving despite its injuries.

Sinónimos: drive, impulse

Expresiones frecuentes: survival instinct, maternal instinct, natural instinct

intuición, instinto

Sensación que indica qué hacer o creer sin tener que pensarlo detenidamente.

En inglés sencillo: A feeling that tells you what to do or believe without carefully thinking about it.

• My instinct told me to wait.
• He trusted his instinct and turned back.
• Do you have an instinct for choosing the right moment?

Cómo se usa: instinct for something (She has an instinct for finding good stories.); instinct to do something (My first instinct was to call for help.)

Sinónimos: intuition, gut feeling, hunch

Expresiones frecuentes: trust your instinct, first instinct, instinct for something