"legal" meaning in Spanish

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Adjective

IPA: /leˈɡal/, [leˈɣ̞al] Forms: legales [feminine, masculine, plural]
Rhymes: -al Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lēgālis, from lēx (“law”). Compare leal, an inherited doublet. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|es|la|lēgālis|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin lēgālis, {{bor+|es|la|lēgālis}} Borrowed from Latin lēgālis, {{m|la|lēx||law}} lēx (“law”), {{doublet|es|leal|notext=1}} leal Head templates: {{es-adj}} legal m or f (masculine and feminine plural legales)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ilegal, legalidad, ley

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cuerpo legal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "de curso legal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "depósito legal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "interés legal"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "legalismo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "legalista"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "legalmente"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "medicina legal"
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        "(colloquial) legit"
      ],
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      "ipa": "[leˈɣ̞al]"
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    }
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      "word": "a efectos legales"
    },
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      "word": "alegal"
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    {
      "word": "cuerpo legal"
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    {
      "word": "de curso legal"
    },
    {
      "word": "depósito legal"
    },
    {
      "word": "interés legal"
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    {
      "word": "legalista"
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    {
      "word": "legalmente"
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    {
      "word": "medicina legal"
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    }
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    {
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    },
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      "ipa": "[leˈɣ̞al]"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-al"
    }
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