Polyglot Dictionary

delincuente

/deliŋˈkwente/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain Legal Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
los delincuentes

Meaning

  1. criminal

    • Arrestaron al delincuente.

      They arrested the criminal.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

maleante

maleante is more colloquial or pejorative for a criminal, a lowlife or thug; delincuente is the standard, neutral legal term.

Similar in other languages

French

criminel

criminel is the French word for the same thing — both mean "criminal."

Practice

1 What does delincuente mean?

2 Fill the gap: Arrestaron al ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches delincuente?

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