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3 Translation results for means in Spanish

noun | noun | verb

means noun

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medio, manera, vía; medios, recursos

Example sentences of
means noun

  • This company is using fingerprints as a means of identification.

Synonyms of
means noun

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  • No confundir means con mean. Means es el singular y el plural del sustantivo que significa manera, método, o recursos financieros. Esta es también la forma plural del sustantivo mean que significa promedio o punto medio.
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  • Means es singular y plural. Por ejemplo: Bicycles are a means of transportation that is more environment friendly than many other means of transportation, such as buses or private cars.
    Tenga en cuenta que means también puede ser el plural de mean (promedio, punto medio) y el singular de tercera persona del verbo to mean.

mean noun

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means
término medio; promedio, media aritmética

Example sentences of
mean noun

  • Take all these temperatures and calculate their mean.
  • We're trying to find a golden mean between doing too little and doing too much.
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  • No confundir means con mean. Means es el singular y el plural del sustantivo que significa manera, método, o recursos financieros. Esta es también la forma plural del sustantivo mean que significa promedio o punto medio.

Detailed synonyms for mean noun

1. Means, instrument, agent, medium, vehicle significan algo o alguien que es necesario o útil para la consecución de un fin.
  • Means es muy general y puede aplicarse a cualquier persona o cosa que sirve un propósito <had no means of transportation except his horse>.
  • Instrument, en su aplicación a una cosa, tiende a connotar un grado de idoneidad o de adaptación para ser usada como una herramienta <the tax code can be a powerful instrument for social change>.
  • Agent se aplica a una persona que persigue un fin concebido por otra <a real estate agent>.
  • Medium se aplica a una vía o un método, normalmente intangible, de transportar, transmitir o comunicar <gestures were their only medium of communication>.
  • Vehicle connota un medio por el cual algo se comparte, expresa, logra o muestra <an investment vehicle>, frecuentemente como un trabajo creado especialmente para mostrar los talentos de un artista en particular <the film was nothing but a vehicle for its famous star>.
2. See: Average

mean verb

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meant, has meant, is meaning, means
querer, pensar, tener la intención de; querer decir, significar; importar

Example sentences of
mean verb

  • The word meant one thing in Shakespeare's day, but it means something else now.
  • Red means “stop” and green means “go.”
  • Can you tell me what my dream means?
  • What was meant by the poet?
  • Don't distort what she meant by taking her words out of context.
  • He's very ambitious, and I mean that as a compliment.
  • It's a very easy question. Anyone, and I mean anyone, should be able to answer it.
  • She's not getting any thinner, if you know what I mean.
  • She says she didn't mean anything by what she did.
  • I don't trust him. He means no good.

Synonyms of
mean verb

Related phrases for means

Reverse translation for means

medio  - middle, center, milieu, environment, medium, spiritualist, means 
manera  - way, manner, fashion 
vía  - road, route, way, means, way, track, line (of a railroad), tract, passage 
medios  - middle, center, milieu, environment, medium, spiritualist, means 
recursos  - recourse, appeal (in law) 
promedio  - average, middle, midpoint 
querer  - to want, to desire, to love, to like, to be fond of, 
pensar  - to think, to think, to think about, to intend, to plan on 
significar  - to mean, to signify, to express, to make known 
importar  - to import, to matter, to be important 
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