see

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Percibir algo con los ojos.

En inglés sencillo: To notice something with your eyes.

• I can see the sea.
• She saw a bird outside.
• Have you seen my glasses?

Cómo se usa: see someone/something do something (I saw her open the gate.); see someone/something doing something (We saw a dog running across the field.)

Sinónimos: notice, spot, observe

Expresiones frecuentes: see something clearly, see a bird, see through something, can see something

entender, comprender

Entender una idea, un motivo o una situación.

En inglés sencillo: To understand an idea, reason, or situation.

• I see your point.
• Do you see what I mean?
• She finally saw why the plan had failed.

Cómo se usa: see + question word + clause (I see why you're worried.)

Sinónimos: understand, grasp, realize

Antónimos: misunderstand

Expresiones frecuentes: see the point, see what someone means, see why, i see

salir con, estar saliendo con

Salir con alguien con quien se tiene una relación sentimental.

En inglés sencillo: To spend time with someone in a romantic relationship.

• Are you seeing anyone?
• They've been seeing each other for months.
• He stopped seeing her last spring.

Cómo se usa: be seeing someone (She's seeing someone from work.)

Sinónimos: date, go out with

Expresiones frecuentes: see someone, see each other, start to see someone

vivir, presenciar, ver

Vivir personalmente un hecho o una situación, o presenciarlo.

En inglés sencillo: To experience an event or situation yourself.

• I've seen worse storms.
• She has seen many changes in her lifetime.
• Our grandparents saw years of war and hunger.

Sinónimos: experience, witness

Expresiones frecuentes: see many changes, see better days, see it all, see hard times

mira, verás

Se dice antes de explicar algo para llamar la atención de quien escucha.

En inglés sencillo: You say this before explaining something to someone.

• See, I don't have a car.
• See, the problem is that nobody has a key.
• See, we need everyone's help to finish today.

Sinónimos: you see, look

Expresiones frecuentes: see the thing is, see it's because

diócesis, sede episcopal

Territorio de la Iglesia cristiana dirigido por un obispo o arzobispo.

En inglés sencillo: An area of the Christian Church led by a bishop or archbishop.

• The see includes twenty parishes.
• The bishop visited churches throughout his see.
• The two neighboring sees share a training college.

Sinónimos: diocese, bishopric

Expresiones frecuentes: episcopal see, archiepiscopal see, neighboring see

sede episcopal, obispado

Cargo oficial que ocupa un obispo o arzobispo.

En inglés sencillo: The official position held by a bishop or archbishop.

• The see remained vacant for months.
• He was appointed to the see last year.
• She wrote about the bishops who had held that see.

Sinónimos: bishopric, episcopate

Expresiones frecuentes: a vacant see, hold a see, succeed to a see