mean in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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mean1 <pt & pp meant> [Am min, Brit miːn] VB trans

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1. mean (represent, signify):

mean word/symbol:
significar
mean word/symbol:
querer decir
what does this word mean?
¿qué significa or qué quiere decir esta palabra?
this sign means stop
esta señal quiere decir or significa que debes parar
dark clouds mean rain
los nubarrones son señal de lluvia
that means trouble
eso quiere decir que va a haber problemas
in a competitive market, price means everything
en un mercado competitivo, el precio lo es todo
that doesn't mean (that) he doesn't love you
eso no quiere decir que no te quiera
to mean sth to sb does the number 0296 mean anything to you?
¿el número 0296 te dice algo?
fame means nothing/a lot to her
la fama la tiene sin cuidado/es muy importante para ella
my children mean the world to me
mis hijos lo son todo or son muy importantes para mí

2.1. mean (refer to, intend to say):

mean person:
querer decir
what do you mean?
¿qué quieres decir (con eso)?
do you mean (to say) that … ?
¿quieres decir que … ?
I'm in a difficult situation, if you know what I mean
mi situación es difícil ¿me entiendes or comprendes?
I know exactly what you mean
te entiendo perfectamente
that's not what I meant
no es eso lo que quise decir
he's Swedish, I mean, Swiss
es sueco, (qué) digo, suizo
I know who you mean
ya sé de quién hablas or a quién te refieres
I don't know which one he meant
no sé a cuál se refería
what do you mean you can't go?
¿cómo que no puedes ir?
what's that supposed to mean?
¿a qué viene eso?
I mean, what a nerve! Brit
¡pero qué descaro!

4.1. mean (intend):

he didn't mean (you) any harm
no quiso hacerte daño
he didn't mean (you) any harm
no lo hizo por mal
to mean to + infin I mean to succeed
mi intención es triunfar
to mean to + infin I mean to succeed
me propongo triunfar
do you really mean to leave so early?
¿realmente piensas salir tan temprano?
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do that
perdón, lo hice sin querer
I didn't mean to make you cry
no fue mi intención hacerte llorar
I meant to do it but I forgot
tenía toda la intención de hacerlo pero me olvidé
I've been meaning to talk to you
hace tiempo que quiero hablar contigo
I don't mean to pry, but …
no quiero pecar de entrometido pero …
to mean sb/sth to + infin she meant me to tell you
quería que yo te lo dijera
we didn't mean it to end this way
no fue nuestra intención que terminara así
I meant it to be a surprise
yo quería que fuera una sorpresa
I meant it as a compliment
lo dije con la intención de halagarte (or halagarla etc.)
I meant it as a compliment
quise hacerte (or hacerle etc.) un cumplido
what did you mean (by) hitting your brother like that?
¿qué pretendías pegándole así a tu hermano?
the bullet was meant for me
la bala iba dirigida a mí
these spoons aren't meant for soup
estas cucharas no son para sopa
we were meant for each other
estamos hechos el uno para el otro

I.mean2 [Am min, Brit miːn] ADJ

II.mean2 [Am min, Brit miːn] ADV Am inf, region

I.mean3 [Am min, Brit miːn] N

II.mean3 [Am min, Brit miːn] ADJ attr

See also means

means <pl means> [Am minz, Brit miːnz] N

2. golden mean → golden section

See also golden section

Greenwich Mean Time [Am ˌɡrɛnɪtʃ ˈmin ˌtaɪm, Brit ɡrɛnɪtʃˈmiːntʌɪm] N U

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mean in the PONS Dictionary

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mean2 [mi:n] VB trans meant, meant

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Greenwich mean time
hora f de Greenwich

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mean Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

if you know what I mean
si sabes a lo que me refiero
do you know what I mean?
¿entiendes?
to mean (all) the world to sb
serlo todo para alguien
he is mean although he is rich
es tacaño a pesar de que es rico
does that name mean anything to you?
¿te suena ese nombre?
what does he mean by that?
¿a qué se refiere con eso?
I don't see what you mean
no entiendo lo que quieres decir
your promises don't mean a thing
tus promesas son hojarasca
I didn't mean to disturb you
no pretendía molestar
the name doesn't mean anything to me
por el apellido no caigo
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This is the velocity with which the mean wave energy is transported horizontally in a narrow-band wave field.
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This does not mean that all followers of meritocracy believe that a person in poverty deserves their low standard of living.
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Sometimes, mixed constitutions evolved with a democratic element, but it definitely did not mean self-rule by citizens.
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At the restarts, there were a number of cars 5 car lengths behind the car in front which should mean a stop-go penalty but these incidents went unpunished.
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That doesn't mean you have to chop up a whole chicken.
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Thus, programmable matter has come to mean any bulk substance which can be programmed to change its physical properties.
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I mean, it's whacked out.
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Later dishonest jewellers passed pinchbeck off as gold; over the years it came to mean a cheap and tawdry imitation of gold.
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Instead of a real culture where songs actually mean something, we have this junk culture of entertainment working on the principle of planned obsolescence.
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A frequency distribution is said to be skewed when its mean and median are different.
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