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1 reprieve
rə'pri:v
1. verb(to pardon (a criminal) or delay his punishment: The murderer was sentenced to death, but later was reprieved.) indultar, suspender la pena
2. noun(the act of pardoning a criminal or delaying his punishment; the order to do this.) indulto, suspensión de penatr[rɪ'priːv]1 conmutación nombre femenino de la pena, indulto2 figurative use respiro, tregua1 conmutar la pena a, indultarreprieve n: indulto mn.• indulto (Jurisprudencia) s.m.• respiro s.m.• suspensión s.f.v.• indultar v.• suspender la pena de muerte de v.
I rɪ'priːva) ( postponement) aplazamiento mb) ( Law) ( commutation) indulto m, conmutación f ( esp de la pena de muerte)
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transitive verb indultar[rɪ'priːv]the firm has been reprieved for the time being — por el momento, la empresa se salva del cierre
1. N1) (Jur) indulto m ; [of sentence] conmutación f2) (=delay) aplazamiento m, alivio m temporal2. VT1) (Jur) indultar2) (fig) salvar* * *
I [rɪ'priːv]a) ( postponement) aplazamiento mb) ( Law) ( commutation) indulto m, conmutación f ( esp de la pena de muerte)
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transitive verb indultarthe firm has been reprieved for the time being — por el momento, la empresa se salva del cierre
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2 salvar
salvar ( conjugate salvar) verbo transitivo 1 ( en general) to save; salvar algo/a algn DE algo to save sth/sb from sth 2 salvarse verbo pronominal to survive;◊ ¡sálvese quien pueda! every man for himself!;salvarse DE algo ‹de accidente/incendio› to survive sth; se salvaron de una muerte segura they escaped certain death
salvar verbo transitivo
1 (librar de un peligro) to save [de, from]
2 (conservar) no salvaron nada de la tormenta, they didn't save anything from the storm
3 Rel to save
4 (pasar un obstáculo) to cross
5 (superar una dificultad, un apuro) to overcome
6 (hacer una excepción) salvando a José, todos fueron castigados, except for José, everyone was punished
7 (recorrer una distancia) salvó 400 km en tres horas, she covered 400 km in three hours ' salvar' also found in these entries: Spanish: abismo - pellejo - rescatar - sacar English: appearance - clear - cross - day - face - face saving - futile - jump - negotiate - reprieve - retrieve - salvage - save - shoot - wreckage - bridge - get - pass - rescue
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reprieve — I noun day of grace, deferment, delay, delay in execution, delay in punishment, dispensation, interval of ease, moratorium, pause, postponement, postponement of penalty, quittance, respite, respite from impending punishment, stay, stay of… … Law dictionary
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reprieve — I. transitive verb (reprieved; reprieving) Etymology: probably blend of obsolete repreve to reprove (from Middle English) and obsolete repry to remand, postpone, from Anglo French repri , past stem of reprendre to take back Date: 1596 1. to delay … New Collegiate Dictionary
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reprieve — re·prieve || rɪ prɪËv n. respite from a sentence, delay or commutation of a punishment (esp. death sentence); postponement, delay v. delay a punishment (esp. death sentence); provide temporary relief … English contemporary dictionary
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