adjective

comprensibile

comprehensible

Facile da capire o da seguire con la mente.

Comprensibile means understandable or comprehensible. It can describe:

Something that is easy enough to understand, such as an explanation or a text.
A reaction or situation that makes sense given the circumstances: “a comprensibile concern.”

An adjective with the same form for masculine and feminine singular nouns. Its plural is comprensibili .

It comes from Latin comprehensibilis, meaning “capable of being grasped or understood,” formed from comprehendere (“to grasp”).

Synonyms: chiaro means “clear,” emphasizing clarity rather than merely being understandable; intelligibile means “intelligible” and is more formal; giustificabile means “justifiable” and applies to reactions or actions rather than texts.
Antonyms: incomprensibile means “incomprehensible”; oscuro means “obscure” or “unclear.”

una spiegazione comprensibile — an understandable explanation
È comprensibile — “It’s understandable,” often said about someone’s feelings or behavior
rendere comprensibile — to make something understandable

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