antecedente

/anteseˈðente/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
los antecedentes

Meaning

  1. precedent, record

    • No tiene antecedentes penales.

      He has no criminal record.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

precedente

antecedente and precedente are close synonyms for "precedent," largely interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

German

Rechtsprechung

Close — case law relates to precedent.

French

jurisprudence

Close — a precedent relates to case law.

Practice

1 What does antecedente mean?

2 Fill the gap: No tiene ___ penales.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches antecedente?

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