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1 plead
pli:dpast tense, past participles - pleaded; verb1) ((of a prisoner) to answer a charge, saying whether one is guilty or not: `How does the prisoner plead?' `He pleads guilty.') declararse, alegar2) (to present a case in court: My lawyer will plead my case; My lawyer will plead for me.) defender, hablar por alguien3) ((often with with) to make an urgent request: He pleaded with me not to go; He pleaded to be allowed to go.) suplicarplead vb1. suplicar2. declararsetr[pliːd]1 suplicar ( with, -)1 (give as excuse) alegar1) : declararse (culpable o inocente)2)to plead for : suplicar, implorarplead vt1) : alegar, pretextarhe pleaded illness: pretextó la enfermedad2)to plead a case : defender un casov.• abogar v.• alegar v.• argumentar v.• informar v.• pleitear v.• rogar v.• suplicar v.pliːd
1.
a) ( give as excuse) alegar*he pleads ignorance of the whole affair — alega or aduce no saber nada del asunto
she's not coming, she pleaded poverty — no viene, dijo que no tenía dinero
b) ( argue) abogar* por, defender*to plead the case for something — abogar* en favor de algo
to plead somebody's case — ( Law) llevar el caso de alguien
2.
via) (implore, beg) suplicar*to plead FOR something — suplicar* algo
to plead WITH somebody to + INF — suplicarle* a alguien que (+ subj)
b) ( Law)[pliːd] (pt pleaded, pp pled) (esp US)to plead guilty/not guilty — declararse culpable/inocente
1. VT1) (=argue)to plead sb's cause — hablar por algn, interceder por algn
to plead sb's case — (Jur) defender a algn en juicio
2) (as excuse) aducir, pretextarto plead that — aducir or pretextar que
to plead ignorance — aducir or pretextar desconocimiento
to plead poverty — aducir or pretextar falta de medios económicos
he pleaded certain difficulties — adujo or pretextó la existencia de ciertas dificultades
2. VI1) (=beg) suplicar, rogarthe village has pleaded for a new bridge for ten years — hace diez años que el pueblo viene reclamando un nuevo puente
2) (Jur) (as defendant) presentar declaración; (as barrister) abogarhow do you plead? — ¿cómo se declara el acusado?
to plead guilty/not guilty — declararse culpable/inocente
* * *[pliːd]
1.
a) ( give as excuse) alegar*he pleads ignorance of the whole affair — alega or aduce no saber nada del asunto
she's not coming, she pleaded poverty — no viene, dijo que no tenía dinero
b) ( argue) abogar* por, defender*to plead the case for something — abogar* en favor de algo
to plead somebody's case — ( Law) llevar el caso de alguien
2.
via) (implore, beg) suplicar*to plead FOR something — suplicar* algo
to plead WITH somebody to + INF — suplicarle* a alguien que (+ subj)
b) ( Law)to plead guilty/not guilty — declararse culpable/inocente
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2 poverty
'povəti(the condition of being poor: They lived in extreme poverty; the poverty of the soil.) pobrezapoverty n pobreza / miseriatr['pɒvətɪ]1 (gen) pobreza\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto live below the poverty line no tener ni el mínimo necesario para vivirpoverty line umbral nombre masculino de la pobrezapoverty ['pɑvərt̬i] n: pobreza f, indigencia fn.• desdicha s.f.• estrechez s.f.• indigencia s.f.• laceria s.f.• mengua s.f.• mezquindad s.f.• miseria s.f.• penuria s.f.• pobretería s.f.• pobreza s.f.'pɑːvərti, 'pɒvətimass noun pobreza f; (before n)['pɒvǝtɪ]1. N1) (=state of being poor) pobreza fabsolute/extreme/relative poverty — pobreza f absoluta/extrema/relativa
abject, grinding, plead 1., 2), vow 1.to live/die in poverty — vivir/morir en la pobreza
2) (=lack) pobreza f, escasez fpoverty of resources — pobreza f or escasez f de recursos
poverty of ideas — pobreza f de ideas
poverty of imagination — pobreza f or falta f de imaginación
3) (=poor quality) [of soil] pobreza f2.CPDpoverty line, poverty level (US) N — umbral m de pobreza
to be or live above/below the poverty line or level — vivir por encima/por debajo del umbral de pobreza
to be or live on the poverty line — vivir en el umbral de pobreza, vivir al borde de la pobreza
poverty trap N — (Brit) trampa f de la pobreza
* * *['pɑːvərti, 'pɒvəti]mass noun pobreza f; (before n)
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