Meanings (ES + gloss)
aferramiento • aprehensión • asimiento
Grip.
A vagrant gust of wind snatched the note from my grasp.
in the tyrant's grasp
comprehensión • comprensión
Understanding.
There is for the mind but one grasp of happiness: from that uppermost pinnacle of wisdom, whence we see that this world is well designed.
alcance
That which is accessible; that which is within one's reach or ability.
The goal is within my grasp.
Meanings (ES + gloss)
aferrar • agarrar • aprehender • asir
To grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand.
How few! yet how they creep / Through my fingers to the deep, / While I weep—while I weep! / O God! can I not grasp / Them with a tighter clasp?
comprehender • comprender
To understand.
I have never been able to grasp the concept of infinity.
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