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sentenciado

sentenced, condemned

adjective sen-ten-SYAH-doh Rare

Also means

doomed

Usage Note

Sentenciado is the past participle of sentenciar used attributively, most often in legal reporting (el sentenciado fue trasladado a prisión). It can also appear figuratively to describe an outcome that feels inevitable, similar to English 'doomed'.

Examples

"El sentenciado fue trasladado a prisión."

Natural Translation

The convicted man was moved to prison.

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