entredicho

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entredicho
masculine noun
also:
  • estar en entredicho -> to be in doubt
  • poner en entredicho -> to question, to call into question

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entredicho [en-tray-dee’-cho]
noun
1Interdiction, prohibition. (m)
  • Estar en entredicho -> to be under a ban (prohibido)
2Ecclesiastical censure or interdict. (m)
past participle
3Irregular of ENTREDECIR.
—Entredicho, cha,

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entredicho
sustantivo:masculino
1
estar en entredicho (ser discutible) to be questionable; be debatable; su profesionalidad está ha quedado en entredichoo grave doubts have been cast on his professionalism; poner algo en entredicho (cuestionar) to raise doubts about sth; call sth into question; (comprometer) to jeopardize sth; endanger sth
2 (prohibición) prohibition; ban; (Jur) injunction
estar en entredicho to be under a ban; be banned; levantar el entredicho a to raise the ban on; poner algo en entredicho (prohibir) to place a ban on sth
3 (S. Cone) (ruptura) break-up; split
4 (And) (alarma) alarm bell

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