(transitive) to mean / (transitive) to understand, grasp, see / (transitive) to believe / (transitive) to interpret / (transitive) to hear / (transitive) to listen, heed / (transitive, with infinitive) to intend to / (intransitive, literary) to dedicate oneself [+ a (object) = to] [auxiliary avere] / (reflexive) See intendersi.