sense in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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I.sense [Am sɛns, Brit sɛns] N

2.2. sense C or U (awareness):

sense
sentido m
sense of direction/rhythm/color
sentido de la orientación/del ritmo/del color
she has a good sense of balance
tiene mucho equilibrio
the Irish have a strong sense of history
los irlandeses tienen un arraigado sentido de la historia
she has no sense of fear
no sabe lo que es el miedo
she has no sense of fear
no es nada miedosa
she has no sense of decency
no tiene vergüenza
he has no sense of occasion
es muy inoportuno
Christmas this year lacked a sense of occasion
no hubo ambiente navideño esta Navidad
I lost all sense of time
perdí completamente la noción del tiempo
sense of humor
sentido m del humor
she has a great sense of fun
sabe verle el lado divertido a las cosas
his lack of business sense
su falta de visión para los negocios

3.1. sense U:

common sense
sentido m común
use a bit of sense!
usa la cabeza or tu sentido común
have you no sense?
¿eres tonto o qué?
she had the (good) sense to leave her phone number
tuvo la sensatez or el tino de dejar su número de teléfono
he didn't have the sense to tell me
no se le ocurrió avisarme
he didn't have the sense to tell me
no tuvo el tino de avisarme
I have more sense than to contradict my boss
no soy tan tonto como para contradecir a mi jefe
to knock or beat some sense into sb
hacer entrar en razón a alguien
the new Minister talks a lot of sense
el nuevo ministro dice muchas cosas sensatas
I can't make him see sense
no puedo hacerlo entrar en razón
you haven't got the sense you were born with
no tienes ni pizca de sentido común

II.sense [Am sɛns, Brit sɛns] VB trans

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color sense, colour sense Brit N U

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sense in the PONS Dictionary

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5. sense pl (clear mental faculties):

senses
juicio m
to be in one's (right) senses
estar en su sano juicio
to bring sb to his/her senses (bring to recover consciousness)
reanimar a alguien
to bring sb to his/her senses (make to see reason)
hacer entrar en razón a alguien
to come to one's senses (recover consciousness)
recobrar el conocimiento
to come to one's senses (see reason)
entrar en razón
to lose one's senses (lose consciousness)
perder el conocimiento
to lose one's senses (go crazy)
perder la cabeza
to lose one's senses (lose control)
perder el control
I lost my senses
se me fue la cabeza
to make sb see sense
hacer entrar en razón a alguien
to take leave of one's senses
perder la razón
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sense Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

in the true sense of the word
en el sentido real de la palabra
it doesn't make any sense to me
no tiene sentido para mí
to have enough [or the good] sense to ...
tener la sensatez de...
in the full sense of the word
en el sentido amplio de la palabra
to have the good sense to do sth
tener el sentido común para hacer algo
to have a keen sense of smell
tener un agudo sentido del olfato
to have a good sense of direction
orientarse bien
to provide a sense of safety/comfort
transmitir una sensación de seguridad/comodidad
it's not important/it doesn't make sense
carece de importancia/de sentido
have you got no sense of humour Brit [or humor Am] ?
¡pero no tienes sentido del humor o qué!

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The newly arrived order greatly benefited from the man's business sense and unshakeable confidence.
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In general, she is very shy, an avid bookworm, and has a terrible sense of direction (leading her to get lost easily, particularly in tournaments).
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Despite the common notion that cliques are an inherently negative influence, they may help adolescents become socially acclimated and form a stronger sense of identity.
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It is particularly useful for summing divergent asymptotic series, and in some sense gives the best possible sum for such series.
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Thankfully, someone with sense suspended the sentence but presumably, it will hang over the head of that child until his dotage.
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He also experimented with warping and manipulating a straight self-portrait and altering and distorting the image, incorporating his pictorial sense of addiction.
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Affable and blessed with immaculate manners, he had a fine sense of humour, not of the belly-laugh variety but the dry chortle and wide smile.
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They are either falsifiable and thus empirical (in a very broad sense), or not falsifiable and thus non-empirical.
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My eerie shades bubble with an irrepressible sense of humour, ready to laugh with (never "at") those earth-bound mortals whose fears they once shared.
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She impresses us with her loving, strong personality and wisdom beyond her years, as well as her morbid sense of humor.
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