notions in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for notions in the English»Spanish Dictionary

notion [Am ˈnoʊʃ(ə)n, Brit ˈnəʊʃ(ə)n] N

1.1. notion C (idea):

notion

idea f

she hadn't the slightest notion of how to behave in public

no tenía ni la menor idea de cómo comportarse en público

I have some notion of mathematics

tengo algunas nociones de matemáticas

I had a notion that I'd been there before

tenía la sensación de que había estado allí antes

1.2. notion C (inclination) inf:

to have a notion to + infin

tener ganas de  +  infin

I've a notion to tell him just what I think

tengo ganas de decirle exactamente lo que pienso

2. notion C (concept):

notion

concepto m

3.1. notion <notions, pl > (in sewing):

notion

artículos mpl de mercería

3.2. notion <notions, pl > Am:

household/gift/office notions

artículos mpl para el hogar/de regalo/de oficina

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I don't know how he dreams up these notions

no sé de dónde saca or cómo se le ocurren esas cosas

quaint notion/garb

extraño

quaint notion/garb

curioso

he came back from university with a lot of highfalutin notions in his head

volvió de la universidad con la cabeza llena de pájaros inf

grandiose claim/scheme/notion

fatuo

grandiose claim/scheme/notion

presuntuoso

she has a deranged notion that …

le ha entrado en la cabeza la locura de que …

extravagant claim/notions

insólito

Translations for notions in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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mercero (mercera)

notions dealer Am

mercería

notions store Am

varilla

notions pl

notions in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for notions in the English»Spanish Dictionary

notion [ˈnəʊʃən, Am ˈnoʊ-] N

1. notion (idea):

notion

noción f

to have some notion of sth

tener algunas nociones de algo

to have no notion of sth

no tener ni idea de algo

2. notion (silly idea):

notion

burrada f

to have a notion to do sth

tener la intención de hacer algo

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fantastic notion, plan

absurdo, -a

fancy ideas, notions

extravagante

Translations for notions in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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mercería

notions store Am

mercería

notions pl Am

percepción (idea)

notion

concepto (noción)

notion

notions Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to have some notion of sth

tener algunas nociones de algo

to have no notion of sth

no tener ni idea de algo

to have a notion to do sth

tener la intención de hacer algo

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He continues that there are specific human experiences evoking notions of absurdity.

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Beneath its exquisite visual surface, it keeps pushing buttons like a sales clerk in a notions shop.

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She wins him, but the disjunction between her self-centred narcissism and his idealistic notions of helping others ensures that their marriage is unhappy.

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She has idealistic and romantic notions of love.

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Theories of what he calls plebiscitary democracy assume romantic and utopian notions of human nature and society.

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He also proposed an axiomatic foundation for the natural numbers, whose primitive notions were one and the successor function.

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The sociocultural perspective deems these traits as performative, in opposition to an evolutionary perspective that describes them through notions of essentialism and innateness.

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Notions such as age, marital status and relative economic wealth were communicated through careful selection of symbolic glass beads.

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Themes of confrontation, protection and refuge play out particularly in relation to inner conflicts and to notions of self-love/hatred.

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White poverty contradicted notions of racial superiority and hence it became the focus of scientific study.

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