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hint

/hɪnt/ verbo C2

En español: indiciar, insinuar, dar a entender, dar un indicio

  1. To imply without a direct statement; to provide a clue. (intransitive) · She hinted at the possibility of a recount of the votes.
  2. To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner. (transitive) · to hint a suspicion
  3. To develop and add hints to a font. (transitive) · The typographer worked all day on hinting her new font so it would look good on computer screens.

He/she/it hints · Pasado hinted · Participio pasado hinted · Forma en -ing hinting

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De la biblioteca

Alice glanced rather anxiously at the cook, to see if she meant to take the hint; but the cook was busily stirring the soup, and seemed not to be listening, so she went on again: “Twenty-four hours, I _think_; or is it twelve?
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 43 · B2
For instance, suppose it were nine o’clock in the morning, just time to begin lessons: you’d only have to whisper a hint to Time, and round goes the clock in a twinkling!
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 52 · B2
That look he gave me when he went out said everything he said or hinted last night over again.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 45 · C1
I gave him a good broad hint.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 179 · C1

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