intuit

/ˌɪnˈtuət/ verb C1 ✓

**Intuit** means to grasp something instantly, without conscious reasoning, as if your brain hands you a finished puzzle piece. It is the mental shortcut that tells you a situation feels right or wrong before you can articulate why. The word captures that moment when insight arrives uninvited, like a polite ghost at a dinner party. When you **intuit** a feeling, a motive, or a pattern, you are performing a verb that works best with abstract or emotional material. It often appears in sentences such as “She could intuit his disappointment” or “He intuited the solution after a brief glance.” The skill improves with experience, because the brain recycles past encounters into swift judgments. Use it when you want to emphasize a subtle, unconscious understanding rather than a step‑by‑step analysis.

【核心含义】指不经过有意识的推理,瞬间领悟或感知到某事,如同大脑直接给出答案。

常与抽象或情感类宾语搭配(如“意图”“情绪”“答案”),强调非逻辑的直觉感知。中文使用时需避免与“推理”“分析”混淆。

【Significado central】Captar algo de forma inmediata, sin razonamiento consciente, como si la mente entregara la respuesta ya completa.

Se emplea principalmente con objetos abstractos o emocionales (intenciones, emociones, soluciones, patrones). Es la opción adecuada cuando se quiere destacar una comprensión sutil e inconsciente, a diferencia de "razonar" o "analizar", que implican un proceso deliberado paso a paso. Es un cognado del inglés (intuit → intuir), de registro culto/formal, muy frecuente en textos psicológicos, filosóficos y profesionales. No debe confundirse con "adivinar", que sugiere suposición sin base; intuir implica una percepción rápida respaldada por la experiencia previa.

Word Origin From Latin intueri 'to look into, consider'. The breakdown in+tuit shows the prefix in- and the root from tueri. When you intuit something, you look inward to understand it without reasoning. Related words: intuition, intuitive, tuition (originally 'a looking after, protection'). The root tueri also gives us tutor (one who watches over). So intuit is literally 'to look inside'.

verb To know intuitively or by immediate perception. C1 ✓

She could intuit his discomfort from the slight change in his posture.

(动词) 直觉感知;凭直觉知道

她能从姿势的细微变化中直觉感受到他的不适。

(verbo) intuir; presentir; percibir intuitivamente; sentir [Saber intuitivamente o por percepción inmediata.]

Ella podía intuir su incomodidad a partir del ligero cambio en su postura.

(verbe) intuiter; pressentir; deviner; sentir [Percevoir ou savoir par intuition, sans raisonnement conscient.]

Elle a pu intuit son malaise d'après le léger changement de sa posture.

(Verb) intuitiv erfassen; instinktiv erkennen; ahnen [etwas durch unmittelbare Wahrnehmung oder instinktives Gefühl erkennen, ohne bewusstes Nachdenken.]

Sie konnte seinen Unbehagen **intuit**, als sich seine Haltung leicht veränderte.

(動詞) 直感的または即座の知覚によって知ること。

彼女は姿勢のわずかな変化から彼の不快感を察知することができた。

(verbo) intuir; pressentir [Saber intuitivamente ou por percepção imediata.]

Ela podia intuir o desconforto dele pela leve mudança em sua postura.

Word parts: in + tuit

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