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"Suspicious" is an adjective which is often translated as "sospechoso", and "suspect" is a noun which is often translated as "el sospechoso". Learn more about the difference between "suspicious" and "suspect" below.
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.
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.
