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disciplinario

disciplinary

adjective dees-see-plee-NAH-ryoh Rare

Usage Note

Disciplinario describes actions, measures, or bodies that impose or maintain discipline: expediente disciplinario (disciplinary proceedings), comité disciplinario (disciplinary committee). It is purely formal and legal/institutional in register; it is rarely used in casual speech. The feminine form is disciplinaria; plural disciplinarios/as.

Examples

"Abrieron un expediente disciplinario contra el funcionario."

Natural Translation

Disciplinary proceedings were opened against the official.

Literal Translation

They opened a disciplinary file against the official.

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