construe

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/kənˈstruː/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/kənˈstru/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(v. kən stro̅o̅′ or, esp. Brit., kon′stro̅o̅; n. kon′stro̅o̅)


Inflections of 'construe' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
construes
v 3rd person singular
construing
v pres p
construed
v past
construed
v past p
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construe [sth]⇒ vtr often passive (interpret)interpretar⇒ vtr
  analizar⇒ vtr
 Sally's version of the story could be construed in two ways.
 La versión de la historia de Sally se puede interpretar de dos maneras.
construe [sth] vtr (parse: a text)analizar sintácticamente vtr + adv
 Translation of a Latin text is easier if you construe it first.
 La traducción de un texto en latín es más fácil si primero lo analizas sintácticamente.
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Collocations: construed the [meaning, mistake, comments, language], [incorrectly, correctly, unfortunately] construed (as), [can, could, may] be construed (as), more...

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