interpret

in·ter·pret

 (ĭn-tûr′prĭt)

v. in·ter·pret·ed, in·ter·pret·ing, in·ter·prets

v.tr.

1. To explain the meaning of: The newspapers interpreted the ambassador's speech as an attempt at making peace. See Synonyms at explain.

2. To understand the significance of; construe: interpreted his smile to be an agreement; interpreted the open door as an invitation.

3. To present or conceptualize the meaning of by means of art or criticism: The actor interpreted the character with great subtlety.

4. To translate from one language into another: interpreted the ambassador's remarks for the assembly.

v.intr.

To serve as an interpreter for speakers of different languages.

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[Middle English interpreten, from Old French interpreter, from Latin interpretārī, from interpres, interpret-, negotiator, explainer; see per- in Indo-European roots.]

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in·ter′pret·a·bil′i·ty, in·ter′pret·a·ble·ness n.

in·ter′pret·a·ble adj.

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interpret

(ɪnˈtɜːprɪt)

vb

1. (tr) to clarify or explain the meaning of; elucidate

2. (tr) to construe the significance or intention of: to interpret a smile as an invitation.

3. (tr) to convey or represent the spirit or meaning of (a poem, song, etc) in performance

4. (intr) to act as an interpreter; translate orally

[C14: from Latin interpretārī, from interpres negotiator, one who explains, from inter- + -pres, probably related to pretium price]

inˈterpretable adj

inˌterpretaˈbility, inˈterpretableness n

inˈterpretably adv

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in•ter•pret

(ɪnˈtɜr prɪt)

v.t.

1. to give or provide the meaning of; explain; elucidate: to interpret a parable.

2. to construe or understand in a particular way: to interpret a reply as favorable.

3. to translate orally.

4. to bring out the meaning of (a dramatic work, music, etc.) by performance or execution.

5. to perform (a song, role in a play, etc.) according to one's own understanding or sensitivity.

v.i.

6. to translate what is said in a foreign language.

7. to explain something; give an explanation.

[1350–1400; Middle English < Latin interpretārī, derivative of interpres, s. interpret- agent, spokesperson, interpreter]

in•ter′pret•a•ble, adj.

in•ter`pret•a•bil′i•ty, n.

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interpret

Past participle: interpreted
Gerund: interpreting

Imperative

interpret

interpret

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Thesaurus

Verb	1.	interpret - make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?" construe, see understand - know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means" be amiss, misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misunderstand, misinterpret - interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks" read between the lines - read what is implied but not expressed on the surface mythicise, mythicize - interpret as a myth or in terms of mythology; "mythicize the ancient stories" literalise, literalize - make literal; "literalize metaphors" spiritualise, spiritualize - give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense reinterpret - assign a new or different meaning to allegorise, allegorize - interpret as an allegory read, take - interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression; "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"; "You can't take credit for this!" read - interpret something that is written or printed; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?" read, scan - obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer" consider, regard, view, reckon, see - deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" educe, elicit, evoke, extract, draw out - deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
	2.	interpret - give an interpretation or explanation to rede moralise, moralize - interpret the moral meaning of; "moralize a story" deconstruct - interpret (a text or an artwork) by the method of deconstructing re-explain, reinterpret - interpret from a different viewpoint commentate - serve as a commentator, as in sportscasting misinterpret - interpret falsely explain, explicate - make plain and comprehensible; "He explained the laws of physics to his students" annotate, gloss, comment - provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases; "He annotated on what his teacher had written" commentate - make a commentary on
	3.	interpret - give an interpretation or rendition of; "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully" render performing arts - arts or skills that require public performance perform, do, execute - carry out or perform an action; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance" sing - deliver by singing; "Sing Christmas carols"
	4.	interpret - create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl" represent artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" re-create - create anew; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale" carnalize, sensualize - represent materialistically, as in a painting or a sculpture silhouette - represent by a silhouette animalise, animalize - represent in the form of an animal profile - represent in profile, by drawing or painting paint - make a painting of; "He painted his mistress many times" capture - succeed in representing or expressing something intangible; "capture the essence of Spring"; "capture an idea" depict, picture, show, render - show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting" stylise, stylize, conventionalize - represent according to a conventional style; "a stylized female head" map - make a map of; show or establish the features of details of; "map the surface of Venus" limn, portray, depict - make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba" portray, present - represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting" draw - represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface; "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse" mock up, model - construct a model of; "model an airplane" graph, chart - represent by means of a graph; "chart the data"
	5.	interpret - restate (words) from one language into another language; "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into English"; "He translates for the U.N." translate, render ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell - to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request" retranslate - translate again mistranslate - translate incorrectly gloss - provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase Latinize - translate into Latin translate - be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way; "poetry often does not translate"; "Tolstoy's novels translate well into English"
	6.	interpret - make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?" translate, understand, read understand - know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means"

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interpret

verb

1. understand, take, read, explain, regard, construe The speech might be interpreted as a coded message.

2. translate, convert, paraphrase, adapt, transliterate She spoke little English, so her husband interpreted.

3. explain, define, clarify, spell out, make sense of, decode, decipher, expound, elucidate, throw light on, explicate The judge has to interpret the law as it's being passed.

4. understand, read, explain, crack, solve, figure out (informal), comprehend, decode, deduce, decipher, suss out (slang) The pictures are often difficult to interpret.

5. portray, present, perform, render, depict, enact, act out Shakespeare, marvellously interpreted by Orson Welles

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interpret

verb

1. To make understandable:

construe, decipher, explain, explicate, expound, spell out.

Archaic: enucleate.

Idiom: put into plain English.

2. To understand in a particular way:

construe, read, take.

3. To perform according to one's artistic conception:

execute, play, render.

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Translations

يُتَرْجِميُفَسِّرُيُفَسِّريُفَسِّر المَعْنى، يُوَضِّح

vyložitinterpretovattlumočit

fortolketolkeudlægge

dolmetscheninterpretierenverstehen

ερμηνεύω

interpretarexplicar

tulkita

interpréterfaire l'interprète

tumačiti

tolmácsol

túlkatúlka, útskÿra

fare da interpreteinterpretarespiegaredecifrare

解釈する

해석하다

interpretacijainterpretuotivertėjas

interpretētizskaidrotiztulkottulkot

interpreterenverklarenvertalen

tolkeframføre

zinterpretować

interpretar

толковатьинтерпретироватьистолковатьобъяснитьобъяснять

interpretovaťtlmočiť

razlagatitolmačiti

tolka

แปล

yorumlamakçalmakçevirmektercüme etmek

giải thích

口译演绎翻译表演解释

interpret

[ɪnˈtɜːprɪt]

A. VT

1. (= translate orally) → traducir, interpretar

2. (= explain, understand) → interpretar
how are we to interpret that remark? → ¿cómo hemos de interpretar ese comentario?
that is not how I interpret it → yo no lo entiendo así, yo lo entiendo de otro modo

B. VI (= translate) → traducir; (= work as interpreter) → trabajar de intérprete

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interpret

[ɪnˈtɜː^rprɪt]

vt

(= translate) [+ speech] → interpréter

(= decide meaning of) [+ law, writing] → interpréter
No one agrees on how the poem should be interpreted → Personne n'est d'accord sur la façon dont le poème doit être interprété., Personne n'est d'accord sur la façon dont on devrait interpréter le poème.
The judge has to interpret the law → Le juge doit interpréter la loi.
to interpret sth as sth (= take as) → interpréter qch comme qch
He interpreted my comments as criticism → Il a interprété mes commentaires comme une critique.

(= perform) [+ music, role] → interpréter

vi

(= translate) → servir d'interprète
Steve couldn't speak French, so his friend interpreted → Comme Steve ne parlait pas français, son ami a servi d'interprète.
to interpret for sb → servir d'interprète à qn
Paul had to interpret for us → Paul a dû nous servir d'interprète.

(professionally) → travailler comme interprète
She interpreted at the international conference → Elle a travaillé comme interprète à la conférence internationale.

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interpret

vt

(= translate orally) → dolmetschen

(= explain, understand) → auslegen, interpretieren; omen, dream → deuten; world → verstehen; (Theat, Mus) → interpretieren; this could be interpreted as meaning or to mean that … → das könnte man so auslegen or interpretieren, dass …; how would you interpret what he said? → wie würden Sie seine Worte verstehen or auffassen?

vi → dolmetschen

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interpret

[ɪnˈtɜːprɪt]

1. vt

a. (translate orally) to interpret sth (into) → tradurre qc (in)

b. (explain, understand) → interpretare

2. vi → fare da interprete

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interpret

(inˈtəːprit) verb

1. to translate a speaker's words, while he is speaking, into the language of his hearers. He spoke to the audience in French and she interpreted. vertaal يُتَرْجِم превеждам устно interpretar tlumočit dolmetschen tolke μεταφράζωinterpretar, hacer una interpretación (suuliselt) tõlkima بصورت شفاهی ترجمه کردن tulkata faire l'interprète לְפרש वर्णन करना prevoditi tolmácsol menerjemahkan túlka interpretare, fare da interprete 通訳する 통역(번역)하다 versti tulkot (mutvārdiem) menterjemahkan mondeling vertalen, tolkentolketłumaczyć په شفاهى ډول ترجمه كول fazer de intérprete a tra­duce переводить tlmočiť tolmačiti prevoditi tolka แปล çevirmek, tercüme etmek 口譯 перекладати ترجمانی کرنا ، خصوصا گفتگو یا تقریر کی phiên dịch 口译

2. to explain the meaning of. How do you interpret these lines of the poem? verstaan يُفَسِّر обяснявам interpretar vyložit interpretieren fortolke; udlægge ερμηνεύωinterpretar tõlgendama تفسیر کردن tulkita interpréter לְפָרֵש भाषान्तर करना tumačiti értelmez menafsirkan túlka, útskÿra interpretare 解釈する 의미를 설명하다 aiškinti izskaidrot; iztulkot mentafsir interpreterentolke, forklaretłumaczyć تفسير كول interpretar a in­ter­preta толковать vysvetliť razlagati tumačiti tolka อธิบาย yorumlamak 詮釋 тлумачити, пояснювати تشریح کرنا giải nghĩa 解释

3. to show or bring out the meaning of (eg a piece of music) in one's performance of it. The sonata was skilfully interpreted by the pianist. weergegee يُفَسِّر المَعْنى، يُوَضِّح интерпретирам interpretar interpretovat interpretieren fortolke ερμηνεύω, αποδίδωinterpretar tõlgendama اجرا کردن tulkita interpréter לפרש व्याख्या करना objasniti előad interpretasi túlka interpretare 演奏する 연주(연출)하다 interpretuoti interpretēt menyampaikan vertolkenfortolke, framføreinterpretować اجرا كول interpretar a in­terpreta раскрывать замысел interpretovať interpretirati izvesti tolka, interpretera, återge แปลความหมาย yorumlamak; çalmak 透過表演或演奏詮釋 інтерпретувати کسی چیز کے معنی ظاہر کرنا thể hiện 演绎，表演

inˌterpreˈtation noun

vertaling تَفْسير، تأويل، تَرْجَمَه интерпретация interpretação interpretace die Interpretation fortolkning; udlægning ερμηνείαinterpretación tõlgendus تفسیر؛ ترجمه tulkkaus, tulkinta interprétationפירוש बयान tumačenje értelmezés; tolmácsolás, interpretáció penafsiran túlkun interpretazione 解釈 통역 vertimas, aiškinimas, interpretacija (mutvārdu) tulkojums; izskaidrojums; iztulkojums; interpretācija terjemahan vertolking, interpretatietyding, tolking, framføringinterpretacja تفسير، ژباړنه interpretação interpretare перевод; толкование interpretácia interpretacija interpretacija tolkning, interpretation การแปลความหมาย yorumlama, yorum; çevirme, tercüme etme 口譯，詮釋 тлумачення; інтерпретація ترجمانی، تشریح sự phiên dịch 演绎，诠释，口译

inˈterpreter noun

a person who translates the words of a speaker into the language of his hearers. vertaler مُتَرْجِم، مُفَسِّر преводач intérprete tlumočník, -ice der/die Dolmetscher(in) tolk διερμηνέαςintérprete tõlk مترجم شفاهی tulkki interprète מְתוּרגְמָן अनुवादक tumač tolmács penerjemah túlkur interprete 通訳 통역자 vertėjas tulks juru bahasa tolktolktłumacz شفاهى ژباړونكۍ intérprete interpret переводчик tlmočník, -čka tolmač prevodilac tolk ล่าม çevirmen, tercüman; yorumcu 口譯員 усний перекладач; тлумач ترجمان phiên dịch viên 口译译员，传译员

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interpret

→ يُفَسِّرُ vyložit fortolke interpretieren ερμηνεύω interpretar tulkita interpréter tumačiti interpretare 解釈する 해석하다 interpreteren tolke zinterpretować interpretar толковать tolka แปล yorumlamak giải thích 翻译

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interpret

v. interpretar, traducir oralmente.

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interpret

vt, vi interpretar

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