instancia

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instancia
feminine noun
1application (form) (solicitud)
2request (ruego)
  • a instancias de -> at the request o bidding of
  • en última instancia -> as a last resort
3(law)
  • juzgado de primera instancia -> court of first instance

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instancia [ins-tahn’-the-ah]
noun
1Instance or instancy, importunity, persistency, urgency. (f)
2Instance, prosecution or process of a suit. (f)
3Instance, pressing argument. (f)
  • De primera instancia -> instantly, on the first impulse; first, in the first place
  • A instancia de -> at the request of
verb
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instancia
sustantivo:femenino
1 (solicitud) application; request; (Jur) petition
a instancia(s) de algn at the request of sb; at sb's request; pedir algo con instancia to demand sth insistently; demand sth urgently
2 (formulario) application form
3 (momento)
de primera instancia first of all; en última instancia (como último recurso) as a last resort; (en definitiva) in the last analysis
4 (Política) (autoridad) authority; (organismo) agency
altas instancias high authorities
altas instancias académicas y culturales Las otras altas instancias -Gobierno, Consejo del Reino, Jefatura del Estado podrían recurrir a instancias internacionales
instancias del poder corridors of power
instancias internacionales international authorities

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