prosecución
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin prosecutio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾosekuˈθjon/ [pɾo.se.kuˈθjõn] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /pɾosekuˈsjon/ [pɾo.se.kuˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: pro‧se‧cu‧ción
Noun
prosecución f (plural prosecuciones)
- pursuit
- 2015 November 3, “Opinión”, in El País[1]:
- Todos comprometidos en la prosecución de las actividades corruptas, en mantener la apariencia de normalidad legal y, sobre todo, en el imprescindible silencio.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Related terms
Further reading
- “prosecución”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024