consuetudinario
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consuetudinario(
kohn
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sweh
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too
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dee
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nah
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ryoh
)An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
1. (literary) (traditional)
A word or phrase restricted in usage to literature or established writing (e.g., sex, once upon a time).
a. customary
El ganador del premio literario siempre había sido, de manera consuetudinaria, un narrador, nunca un poeta.The winner of the literary prize had always been, in a customary fashion, a storyteller, never a poet.
b. habitual
Las agresiones del marido se habían convertido en algo lamentablemente consuetudinario.The husband's aggressions had become regrettably habitual.
2. (literary) (confirmed)
A word or phrase restricted in usage to literature or established writing (e.g., sex, once upon a time).
a. hardened
Alguien ya me había avisado de que el bueno de Camilo era un borrachín consuetudinario.Someone had already warned me that good old Camilo was a hardened boozer.
3. (legal)
a. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
Las costumbres se hicieron leyes consuetudinarias.Customs became common law.
Esta vieja norma pertenece al derecho consuetudinario.This old rule belongs to common law.
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