contain multitudes: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

    USWorldwideliteraryrhetorical
    • To possess a wide range of qualities, feelings, or contradictory traits within a single person or entity.
    • To encompass complexity or internal diversity, often including opposing or varied characteristics.

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    • Emily’s personality contains multitudes; she can be both fiercely competitive and deeply compassionate.

      La personalidad de Emily contiene multitudes; puede ser ferozmente competitiva y profundamente compasiva.

    • To contain multitudes means to embrace the complexity and contradictions within oneself.

      Contener multitudes significa abrazar la complejidad y las contradicciones dentro de uno mismo.

    • His poetry contains multitudes, reflecting a wide range of emotions and experiences in every line.

      Su poesía contiene multitudes, reflejando una amplia gama de emociones y experiencias en cada línea.

  • 2.

    USUKWorldwidefigurativeinformal
    • To include many different elements, possibilities, or potentialities within one thing or situation.

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    • The novel contains multitudes, weaving together stories from different cultures and time periods.

      La novela contiene multitudes, entrelazando historias de diferentes culturas y períodos de tiempo.

    • Our community contains multitudes, with diverse traditions, languages, and beliefs coexisting harmoniously.

      Nuestra comunidad contiene multitudes, con diversas tradiciones, lenguas y creencias coexistiendo armoniosamente.

    • The festival contains multitudes, offering music, food, art, and dance from around the world.

      El festival contiene multitudes, ofreciendo música, comida, arte y danza de todo el mundo.

Examples:

  • EN: Very well, then, I contradict myself. "I am large. I contain multitudes."
    ES: Me contradigo mucho a mí mismo para poder contener multitudes.
  • EN: We contain multitudes.
    ES: Somos legión.
  • EN: I contain multitudes."
    ES: Contengo multitudes."
    ES: Contengo multitudes.
  • EN: Walt Whitman wrote, "I contain multitudes".
    ES: Walt Whitman escribió, "Yo contengo multitudes".
  • EN: Good detective knows that every task, every interaction, no matter how seemingly banal, has the potential to contain multitudes.
    ES: Un buen detective sabe que cada tarea, cada interacción, no importa cuan banal aparente ser, tiene el potencial de contener multitudes.
  • EN: I contain multitudes.
    ES: Contengo multitudes.
    ES: Contengo multitudes.
    ES: Soy muchas personas.
    ES: Yo contengo multitudes.
  • EN: I am large, I contain multitudes"!
    ES: Yo soy inmenso, contengo multitudes."
  • EN: And I contain multitudes.
    ES: Y yo contengo multitudes.
  • EN: Shes right! Pumpkin Spice lattes contain multitudes!
    ES: ¡El latte de calabaza tiene varias opciones!
  • EN: - I contain multitudes.
    ES: - Contengo multitudes.
  • EN: Oh, honey, I contain multitudes.
    ES: Cariño, tengo muchísimos.
  • EN: I contain multitudes, Carlos.
    ES: No me conoces, Carlos.
  • EN: Whitman said, "I am large, I contain multitudes."
    ES: Whitman dijo: "Soy grande, contengo multitudes".
  • EN: I contain multitudes more than I ever thought or knew.
    ES: En mí hay más multitudes que las que pensé que conocía.
  • EN: I contain multitudes, motherfucker.
    ES: Soy multifacética, imbécil.

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