"pleito" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpleito/, [ˈplei̯.t̪o] Forms: pleitos [plural]
Rhymes: -eito Etymology: Ultimately from Medieval Latin placitum. Cognate with Portuguese pleito and English plea. Etymology templates: {{der|es|ML.|placitum}} Medieval Latin placitum, {{cog|pt|pleito}} Portuguese pleito, {{cog|en|plea}} English plea Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} pleito m (plural pleitos)
  1. (law) lawsuit Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Law Synonyms: juicio, demanda, proceso
    Sense id: en-pleito-es-noun-uFuRxTVY Topics: law
  2. (Latin America) fight Tags: Latin-America, masculine Synonyms: pelea
    Sense id: en-pleito-es-noun-I7ao85nd Categories (other): Latin American Spanish, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 2 2 10 9 2 70 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 10 9 2 71 2 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 4 85 11
  3. (Latin America) argument Tags: Latin-America, masculine Synonyms: discusión
    Sense id: en-pleito-es-noun-t0-DyTU7 Categories (other): Latin American Spanish
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: buscapleitos, picapleitos, pleitear

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
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        {
          "ref": "2024 January 9, Miguel Jiménez, Iker Seisdedos, “Caso cerrado: el Thyssen gana el pleito para quedarse el ‘pisarro’ expoliado por los nazis”, in El País:",
          "text": "Un pleito millonario de casi dos décadas había quedado reducido a una pregunta aparentemente simple para resolverlo: ¿se debe aplicar la ley española o la californiana?",
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        "(Latin America) argument"
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        {
          "word": "discusión"
        }
      ],
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈpleito/"
    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈplei̯.t̪o]"
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    }
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      "word": "pleitear"
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        "Requests for translations of Spanish quotations",
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          "text": "Un pleito millonario de casi dos décadas había quedado reducido a una pregunta aparentemente simple para resolverlo: ¿se debe aplicar la ley española o la californiana?",
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          "lawsuit",
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        "(law) lawsuit"
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        {
          "word": "juicio"
        },
        {
          "word": "demanda"
        },
        {
          "word": "proceso"
        }
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        "law"
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        "fight"
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        "(Latin America) fight"
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          "word": "pelea"
        }
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        "(Latin America) argument"
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        {
          "word": "discusión"
        }
      ],
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        "Latin-America",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpleito/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈplei̯.t̪o]"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-eito"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pleito"
}

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