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apelar

to appeal

verb ah-peh-LAHR Less Common

Origin: From Latin appellare, 'to address; to call'.

Also means

to appeal to; to call on

Usage Note

Apelar is used in legal contexts (apelar una sentencia = 'to appeal a sentence/ruling') and in rhetorical ones (apelar a la razón = 'to appeal to reason'). It always takes the preposition a when the object is a concept or authority. The noun form is apelación and the person who appeals is the apelante.

Examples

"El abogado decidió apelar la sentencia."

Natural Translation

The lawyer decided to appeal the sentence.

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