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"Suspect" is a noun which is often translated as "el sospechoso", and "suspicious" is an adjective which is often translated as "sospechoso". Learn more about the difference between "suspect" and "suspicious" below.
suspect(
suhs
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pehkt
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suhs
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pehkt
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (legal)
a. el sospechoso (M), la sospechosa (F)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The police quickly found a suspect in the murder case.La policía encontró rapidamente a un sospechoso en el caso de homicidio.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. sospechar
I always suspected the dog of stealing my muffins from the window.Siempre sospeché que era el perro el que robaba mis muffins de la ventana.
3. (to believe)
b. imaginarse
I suspected the tickets would be sold out by now.Me imaginé que las entradas estarían ya agotadas.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
a. sospechoso
There is a suspect package on the table. Is it a gift for me?Hay un paquete sospechoso sobre la mesa. ¿Es un regalo para mí?
b. dudoso
Her excuses to not to go to school are suspect.Sus excusas para no ir a la escuela son dudosas.
suspicious(
suhs
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pih
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shihs
)An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
a. sospechoso
The police evacuated our building when they found a suspicious package by the door.La policía evacuó nuestro edificio cuando encontró un paquete sospechoso junto a la puerta.
2. (mistrustul)
a. desconfiado
My neighbor is very suspicious and always worries that someone is trying to steal his car.Mi vecino es muy desconfiado y siempre teme que le vayan a robar el carro.
b. receloso
Pedro is friendly and nice with people he knows, but suspicious of strangers.Pedro es amable y simpático con sus conocidos, pero receloso con los extraños.
c. suspicaz
It is not good to be so suspicious; you have to learn to trust others.No es bueno que seas tan suspicaz, debes aprender a confiar en los demás.
