antidisturbios

riot-control

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Usage Note

Antidisturbios is an invariable compound adjective and noun, used to describe police units or equipment designed for crowd control: policía antidisturbios ('riot police'). As a noun, los antidisturbios refers to the riot-control officers themselves. It does not change for gender or number, remaining the same in all contexts.

Examples

"Los antidisturbios desplegaron escudos en la plaza."

Natural Translation

Riot police deployed shields in the square.

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