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For the verb: "to mean"

Simple Past:	meant
Past Participle:	meant

mean1 /mi:n/ verbo transitivo (past & past p meant)

(represent, signify) [word/symbol] significar^(conj.⇒), querer^(conj.⇒) decir;
that ~s trouble eso quiere decir que va a haber problemas;
does the number 0296 ~ anything to you? ¿el número 0296 te dice algo?;
fame ~s nothing to her la fama la tiene sin cuidado

1. (refer to, intend to say) [person] querer^(conj.⇒) decir;
  what do you ~? ¿qué quieres decir (con eso)?;
  do you know what I ~? ¿me entiendes?;
  I know who you ~ ya sé de quién hablas
1. (be serious about) decir^(conj.⇒) en serio

(equal, entail) significar^(conj.⇒);
that would ~ repainting the kitchen eso supondría volver a pintar la cocina

1. (intend): he didn't ~ (you) any harm no quiso hacerte daño;
  to ~ to + INF: I ~ to succeed mi intención es triunfar;
  I ~t to do it but I forgot tenía toda la intención de hacerlo pero me olvidé
1. to be ~t to + inf (supposed, intended): you weren't ~t to hear that no pensaron (or pensé etc) que tú estarías escuchando;
  I was never ~t to be a teacher yo no estoy hecho para enseñar

mean2 adjetivo

(miserly) ‹person› tacaño;
‹portion› mezquino

1. (unkind, nasty) malo;
  it was really ~ of you fue una maldad (de tu parte)
1. (excellent) (esp AmE sl) genial

(inferior, humble) (liter) humilde;
that's no ~ feat no es poca cosa

(Math) (before n) medio

mean3 sustantivo
media f, promedio m;
see also means

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mean
1   [mɪ:n] vtr (ps & pp meant)
1   significar: what does abadejo mean?, ¿qué significa abadejo?
     you mean a lot to me, eres muy importante para mí
2   (persona) querer decir [by, con]: she didn't mean it, no lo dijo en serio
     what did he mean by that?, ¿qué quiso decir con eso?
     yes, I mean no, sí, es decir, no
3   querer, tener la intención de: I didn't mean to kill him, no quería matarlo
     to mean well, tener buenas intenciones
4   destinar [for, a, para]
5   implicar, suponer: that means getting up early, eso significa levantarse pronto
6   (fama) he's meant to be a ladies' man, tiene fama de mujeriego
    Cuando to mean significa tener la intención, va seguido de infinitivo con to (I'm very sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you, lo siento mucho, no era mi intención hacerte daño) o complemento directo más el infinitivo con to: I'm afraid I meant you to do it. Lo siento, pero quería que lo hicieses tú.
    Cuando expresa querer decir o significar, necesita un sustantivo (U.K. means United Kingdom, R.U. significa Reino Unido) o una frase introducida por that: I thought you meant (that) you were going to stay. Pensé que querías decir que ibas a quedarte.
    Cuando significa suponer, va seguido de sustantivo (working more means more money, trabajar más supone más dinero) o gerundio: That will mean working more. Eso supondrá trabajar más.


mean
2   [mɪ:n] adj (meaner, meanest)
1   (de dinero) tacaño,-a
2   (de espíritu) mezquino,-a, malo,-a: don't be mean to him, no lo trates mal
3   US malhumorado,-a
4   familiar excelente
5   (casa, nacimiento) humilde
6   medio
     mean rainfall, precipitación media
    ♦ LOC: she's no mean athlete, es una atleta nada despreciable

mean
3   [mɪ:n] nombre promedio
     Mat media

Compound Forms:
geometric mean			media geométrica nf
golden mean	n		divina proporción nf
golden mean	n		justo medio nm
golden mean	n		proporción áurea nf
golden mean	n		punto medio nm
golden mean			moderación nf
golden mean			prudencia nf
Greenwich mean time			hora media de Greenwich nf
harmonic mean		(Mathematics)	media armónica n
mean anomaly			anomalía promedio
mean deviation			desviación media
mean distance			distancia media
mean life			vida promedio
mean or hard person			persona mezquina
mean sea level			nivel promedio del mar
mean square deviation			desviación cuadrática media
mean square root			raíz cuadrática media
mean to			tener la intención de
mean to suggest			tener la intención de sugerir
mean value			valor medio
mean value theorem			teorema del valor medio
mean well			ser bien intencionado
mean what you say			predica con el ejemplo
mean-spirited	adj		malo
mean-spirited	adj		miserable
mean-square error			error cuadrático medio
root mean square			raíz cuadrática media

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English:

devil - ever - fact - figurative - GMT - Greenwich Mean Time - know - pry - tread - trifle - understand - would - business - certainly - get - just - literally - miserable - need - see - seriously - slip - sorry - spell - suppose - surely - tight

Spanish:

aflojar - atravesada - atravesado - decir - denotar - entender - faltar - implicar - mala - malo - mezquina - mezquino - miserable - nacida - nacido - óbice - querer - rácana - rácano - rata - representar - ruin - significar - suponer - tacaña - tacaño - tiñosa - tiñoso - caer - canallada - chancho - cómo - explicar - importar - intención - mezquindad - mirar - que - quitar - ser - serio

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