juzgado

Spanish

Alternative forms

  • jujao (Chile, colloquial, nonstandard)
  • juzgao (colloquial, nonstandard)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin iūdicātus, perfect passive participle of iūdicō. Equivalent to juzgar +‎ -ado.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xuθˈɡado/ [xuθ̬ˈɣ̞a.ð̞o] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /xusˈɡado/ [xuzˈɣ̞a.ð̞o] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Syllabification: juz‧ga‧do

Noun

juzgado m (plural juzgados)

  1. a court of law with a judge
  2. a place for adjudicated individuals
  3. (historical) judicate (e.g., the Sardinian judicates), judgedom, judicature

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Cebuano: husgado
  • Tagalog: husgado
  • English: hoosegow
  • Tetelcingo Nahuatl: joscöro, juscöro

Participle

juzgado (feminine juzgada, masculine plural juzgados, feminine plural juzgadas)

  1. past participle of juzgar

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