arbitrar
to referee, to arbitrate
verb ahr-bee-TRAHR Rare
Origin: From Latin arbitrare (to judge, to decide).
Also means
to devise, to find (funds/solutions)
Usage Note
Arbitrar means to referee a sports match (arbitrar un partido) or to arbitrate a dispute. It has a second, administrative sense: arbitrar recursos means to find or mobilize resources (funds, measures) — common in political and economic language. The noun árbitro (referee/arbitrator) is more frequently encountered; arbitrar is the verb form used in formal and journalistic registers.
Examples
"El árbitro arbitró el partido con imparcialidad."
Natural Translation
The referee officiated the match impartially.
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