Polyglot Dictionary

tribunal

/tɾiβuˈnal/

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 tribunales

Meaning

  1. court

    • El tribunal decidió.

      The court decided.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

juzgado

juzgado is more about a lower or local court, a specific court building or office; tribunal is more general or higher, a tribunal or court of law.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

tribunal

tribunal is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "court."

Practice

1 What does tribunal mean?

2 Fill the gap: El ___ decidió.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches tribunal?

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