apprehend

[US]/æprɪ'hend/
[UK]/ˌæprɪ'hɛnd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

apprehend: vt. arrestar, detener; comprender
Word Forms
Tercera persona singularapprehends
Pasadoapprehended
Participio pasadoapprehended
Gerundioapprehending

Phrases & Collocations

apprehend the suspect

capturar al sospechoso

apprehend a criminal

capturar a un criminal

apprehend the thief

capturar al ladrón

Example Sentences

apprehend the flame of a candle

aprehender la llama de una vela

apprehend a hard winter

aprehender un invierno riguroso

I apprehend no worsening of the situation.

No prevé que la situación empeore.

Do you apprehend any difficulty?

¿Prevé alguna dificultad?

The police apprehended the criminal.

La policía detuvo al criminal.

a candidate who apprehends the significance of geopolitical issues.

un candidato que comprende la importancia de los problemas geopolíticos.

"At last, I apprehended his meaning."

«Finalmente, comprendí lo que quiso decir».

At last I apprehend ed his meaning.

Finalmente, comprendí lo que quiso decir.

She apprehended the complicated law very quickly.

Comprendió la ley complicada muy rápidamente.

Are you sure you entirely apprehend the importance of completing these forms as accurately as possible?

¿Está seguro de comprender por completo la importancia de completar estos formularios con la mayor precisión posible?

It is perhaps not too much to say that any calamity the moment it is apprehended by the reason alone loses nearly all its power to disturb and unfix us.

Quizás no sea exagerado decir que cualquier calamidad, en el momento en que es comprendida por la razón sola, pierde casi todo su poder para perturbar y desestabilizarnos.

The triggerman was apprehended almost immediately. He was identified as Mehmet Ali Agca, a Turkish terrorist. Agca had publicly vowed to kill the pope during the potiff's 1979 visit to Turkey.

Al instante, se capturó al sicario. Fue identificado como Mehmet Ali Agca, un terrorista turco. Agca había prometido públicamente matar al papa durante la visita del pontífice a Turquía en 1979.

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