intent

intención, propósito

Lo que alguien se propone o tiene pensado hacer.

En inglés sencillo: What you plan or mean to do.

• My intent was to help.
• He explained his original intent.
• We acted with no intent to cause harm.

Cómo se usa: intent to do something (She showed a clear intent to cooperate.)

Sinónimos: intention, purpose, aim

Expresiones frecuentes: original intent, with intent, clear intent, stated intent

dolo, intención delictiva

Lo que alguien quería hacer conscientemente al cometer un delito.

En inglés sencillo: What someone meant to do when they committed a crime.

• The court must establish intent.
• The prosecution failed to prove criminal intent.
• She denied acting with intent to kill.

Cómo se usa: with intent to do something (He entered the building with intent to steal.)

Sinónimos: criminal intention

Expresiones frecuentes: criminal intent, prove intent, intent to kill

decidido, resuelto

Que quiere firmemente hacer algo y no está dispuesto a rendirse.

En inglés sencillo: Strongly wanting to do something and unwilling to give up.

• He is intent on winning.
• They seemed intent on leaving early.
• Why are you so intent on buying that house?

Cómo se usa: intent on something/doing something (She is intent on starting her own business.)

Sinónimos: determined, resolved, set

Expresiones frecuentes: intent on winning, intent on success, seem intent

absorto, atento

Que dedica toda su atención a algo.

En inglés sencillo: Giving all your attention to something.

• She watched with an intent gaze.
• He was intent on his work.
• Their intent expressions showed how closely they were listening.

Cómo se usa: intent on something/doing something (He was so intent on reading that he missed his stop.)

Sinónimos: focused, absorbed, attentive

Antónimos: distracted, inattentive

Expresiones frecuentes: intent gaze, intent expression, intent on reading