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enmienda

amendment

noun en-MYEN-dah Rare

Also means

correction

Usage Note

Enmienda is the standard legal and parliamentary term for an amendment to a law, constitution, or document. The famous phrase la enmienda a la totalidad is a Spanish parliamentary motion rejecting an entire bill. It also has the general sense of correcting an error or amending one's behaviour (enmendar la plana = to correct someone, to outdo them).

Examples

"El Congreso aprobó una enmienda al presupuesto."

Natural Translation

Congress approved an amendment to the budget.

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