auto [ˈɔːtəʊ] (US)
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auto [o-tou]
sustantivo
1Coche, auto, carro. (Familiar) (m)
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auto
masculine noun
1car (coche)
- autos de choque -> Dodgems®, bumper cars
2(law)
- auto (judicial) -> judicial decree
- auto de procesamiento -> indictment
- autos -> case documents
- constar en autos -> to be recorded in the case documents
- la noche de autos -> the night of the crime
3(history)
- auto de fe -> auto-da-fé (public punishment of heretics by the Inquisition)
4(mystery) play (literature)
- auto de Navidad -> Nativity play
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auto [ah’-oo-to]
noun
1A judicial decree or sentence. (m)
2A writ, warrant. (m)
3An edict, ordinance. (m)
- Auto de Fe -> the sentence given by the Inquisition
4Act, action. (Obsolete) (m)
- Auto definitivo -> definitive act, which has the force of a sentence
- Auto sacramental -> an allegorical or dramatical piece of poetry on some religious subject, repreented as a play
- Autos -> the pleadings and proceedings in a lawsuit
- Estar en autor or en los autos -> to know a thing profoundly
- Auto acordado -> a sentence or decision of a supreme court, to be observed as a precedent
noun
1Auto, automobile, car. (m)
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auto
sustantivo:masculino
1 (Jur) edict; judicial decree
auto de comparecencia summons; subpoena; (EEUU)
auto de ejecución writ of execution
auto de prisión warrant for arrest
auto de procesamiento charge; indictment
2 autos (documentos) proceedings; court record; (s)
estar en autos to be in the know; poner a algn en autos to put sb in the picture
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