fathom

comprender, entender

Entender algo difícil o confuso, especialmente las razones o el comportamiento de alguien.

En inglés sencillo: To understand something difficult or confusing, especially someone's reasons or behaviour.

• I cannot fathom his reasons.
• She finally fathomed out the strange message.
• Can anyone fathom why the machine keeps stopping?

Cómo se usa: fathom why/how/what… (I cannot fathom why he left so suddenly.); fathom something out (Can you fathom this puzzle out?)

Sinónimos: understand, figure out, comprehend

Expresiones frecuentes: fathom something out, fathom someone's motives, cannot fathom why

sondear

Medir la profundidad del agua.

En inglés sencillo: To measure how deep water is.

• The sailors fathomed the bay.
• They used a weighted rope to fathom the water.
• We must fathom the channel before the ship enters.

Sinónimos: sound

Expresiones frecuentes: fathom the depth, fathom the bay, fathom the channel

braza

Unidad de longitud de seis pies, unos 1,83 metros, usada sobre todo para medir la profundidad del agua.

En inglés sencillo: A unit of length equal to six feet, used especially to measure water depth.

• The water is one fathom deep.
• We anchored in six fathoms of water.
• The chart gives all depths in fathoms.

Expresiones frecuentes: a fathom deep, one fathom, fathom of rope

braza

Medida de distancia desde la costa hasta el punto más cercano donde el agua alcanza cierta profundidad en brazas.

En inglés sencillo: A measure of distance from shore based on the water depth at the nearest point of that depth.

• The boat lay a fathom offshore.
• They waited two fathoms from shore, where the water reached that depth.
• We rowed three fathoms out, stopping at the nearest three-fathom depth.

Expresiones frecuentes: a fathom offshore, a fathom out