Translation Of Sentence – English–Spanish Dictionary

Translation of sentence – English–Spanish dictionary

sentence

noun [ C ] uk /ˈsen.təns/ us /ˈsen.təns/

WORD GROUP

Add to word list Add to word list A1 a group of words, usually containing a verb, that expresses a thought in the form of a statement, question, instruction, or exclamation and starts with a capital letter when written oración, frase He's very impatient and always interrupts me mid-sentence. Es muy impaciente y siempre me interrumpe a mitad de frase. Your conclusion is good, but the final sentence is too long and complicated. Compare clause (GRAMMAR) specialized

• 'Bob' is the subject of the sentence 'Bob threw the ball'.
• In the sentence 'I wish I were rich', the verb 'were' is in the subjunctive.
• Sorry, could you just say that last sentence again please?
• 'He was released from prison, ' is a passive sentence.
• In the sentence 'I sent Victoria a letter', 'send' is ditransitive.

PUNISHMENT

B2 a punishment given by a judge in court to a person or organization after they have been found guilty of doing something wrong sentencia, fallo He got a heavy/light sentence (= he was severely/not severely punished). Le cayó una sentencia dura/leve. The offence carries a jail/prison/life/five-year sentence. El delito conlleva una condena de cárcel/de prisión/a cadena perpetua/de cinco años. He was given a non-custodial/suspended sentence.  pronounce sentence (of a judge) to say officially what a punishment will be dictar sentencia The judge will pronounce sentence on the defendant this afternoon. El juez dictará sentencia contra el acusado esta tarde.

Grammar

Clauses and sentencesA clause is the basic unit of grammar. A clause must contain a verb. Typically a clause is made up of a subject, a verb phrase and, sometimes, a complement: … What is a clause?A clause is the basic unit of grammar. A clause must contain a verb. Typically a clause is made up of a subject, a verb phrase and, sometimes, a complement: … What is a sentence?A sentence is a unit of grammar. It must contain at least one main clause. It can contain more than one clause. In writing, a sentence typically begins with a capital letter and ends with a full stop: … SentencesA sentence is a unit of grammar. Typically, in writing, it begins with a capital letter and ends with a full stop. … Sentence structuresThere are three types of sentence structures: simple, compound and complex. … Types of sentenceThere are four main types of clause or sentence. …

sentence

verb [ T ]   law   specialized uk /ˈsen.təns/ us /ˈsen.təns/ B2 to decide and say officially what a punishment will be sentenciar, condenar He was sentenced to life imprisonment. Fue condenado a cadena perpetua. Compare condemn

• Her sentence was commuted from death to life imprisonment.
• As it was her first conviction for stealing, she was given a less severe sentence.
• In some countries, drug-smuggling still carries the death sentence.
• The judge made an example of him and gave him the maximum possible sentence.
• He won his appeal and the sentence was halved.

(Translation of sentence from the Cambridge English-Spanish Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translation of sentence | GLOBAL English–Spanish Dictionary

sentence noun [ countable ] /ˈsɛntns/ a series of words, including a verb and conveying a whole idea oración [ feminine, singular ] Write three sentences about your favorite animal. Escribe tres oraciones sobre tu animal favorito. a punishment given to sb in a court of law for having committed a criminal offense sentencia [ feminine, singular ] veredicto [ masculine, singular ] a 10-year prison sentence una sentencia de 10 años de prisión He received a life sentence for the murder. Recibió una cadena perpetua por el asesinato.

(Translation of sentence from the GLOBAL English-Spanish Dictionary © 2020 K Dictionaries Ltd)

sentence verb [ transitive ] /ˈsɛntəns/ to say what sb’s punishment is for having committed a crime sentenciar She was sentenced to life imprisonment. Ella fue sentenciada a cadena perpetua.

(Translation of sentence from the GLOBAL English-Spanish Dictionary © 2020 K Dictionaries Ltd)

Examples of sentence

sentence In the event that they understood only part of a sentence, they were to write out as many words as they could identify. From the Cambridge English Corpus The data were analysed as case studies and for common themes, as expressed in single words, phrases, sentences, paragraphs or even entire documents. From the Cambridge English Corpus The language is stilted, typical 'translatorese', so much so that some sentences are virtually incomprehensible. From the Cambridge English Corpus However, since these effects were not consistent across ages, whether co-referencing complexity alone is driving sentence-processing speed is unclear. From the Cambridge English Corpus Accepting the purely syntactic part of this extremely simple analysis, let us consider the semantics of the sentence. From the Cambridge English Corpus The participants were told that they would hear each sentence four times in a row, with less noise on each successive presentation. From the Cambridge English Corpus The third factor examined the role of the sentence structural constraints. From the Cambridge English Corpus Responses determined to be scorable were utterances that had sufficient structure to be deemed full or partial passive sentences or full or partial active sentences. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. A1,B2,B2

Translations of sentence

in Chinese (Traditional) 詞的組合, 句，句子, 懲罰… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 词的组合, 句，句子, 惩罚… See more in Portuguese frase, sentença, condenação… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian वाक्य, शिक्षा, व्यक्ती वा संस्था दोषी ठरल्यावर न्यायालयात न्यायाधीशाने सुनावलेली शिक्षा.… See more 文, 刑罰, 刑… See more cümle, ceza, hüküm… See more phrase [feminine], condamnation [feminine], peine [feminine]… See more frase, sentència, pena… See more zin, vonnis, veroordelen… See more சொற்களின் குழு, பொதுவாக ஒரு வினைச்சொல்லைக் கொண்டுள்ளது, இது ஒரு எண்ணத்தை அறிக்கை… See more वाक्य, (किसी गलत कार्य के लिए दिया गया) दंड / सज़ा, दंड या सज़ा देना… See more વાક્ય, સજા… See more sætning, straf, dom… See more mening, dom, döma… See more ayat, hukuman, dihukum… See more der Satz, das Urteil, verurteilen… See more setning [masculine], dom [masculine], straff [masculine]… See more جملہ, سزا, عدالت کا حکم یا فیصلہ… See more речення, вирок, судове рішення… See more వాక్యం, ఒక వ్యక్తి లేదా సంస్థ తప్పు చేసినట్లు తేలిన తర్వాత కోర్టులో న్యాయమూర్తి వేసిన శిక్ష, ఎలాంటి శిక్ష విధించాలో నిర్ణయించి అధికారికంగా చెప్పు… See more বাক্য, কথা, একটি ক্রিয়াপদসহ দলবদ্ধ শব্দগুলি যখন বিবৃতি… See more věta, trest, odsoudit… See more kalimat, hukuman, menghukum… See more ประโยค, คำพิพากษากำหนดโทษของจำเลย, ตัดสินคนให้โดนลงโทษ… See more câu, lời tuyên án, kết án… See more zdanie, wyrok, skazywać… See more 문장, 형, 선고… See more frase, periodo, sentenza… See more Need a translator?

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