darse cuenta
Spanish edit
Verb edit
darse cuenta (first-person singular present me doy cuenta, first-person singular preterite me di cuenta, past participle dado cuenta)
- (idiomatic, transitive with de) to notice, to realize, to figure out, to pick up on
- Synonym: (Mexico) darse color
- Al fin me di cuenta de que estaba perdido.
- I finally realized I was lost.
- Pocos pueden darse cuenta de sus defectos.
- Few people can recognize their faults.