arrest - English-Spanish Dictionary

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arrest1 /ə'rest/ sustantivo
detención f, arresto m;
to be under ~ estar^(conj.⇒) detenido or arrestado

arrest2 verbo transitivo

‹progress/growth› (hinder) dificultar;
(halt) detener^(conj.⇒);
‹decline› atajar

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arrest [ə'rest]

I	nombre detención, arresto: you're under arrest, queda detenido
II	verbo transitivo 1 (a un criminal) detener 2 frml (desarrollo) frenar: the floods arrested progress on building the new museum, las inundaciones frenaron la marcha de las obras del nuevo museo

Compound Forms:
cardiac arrest	n	(heart failure, heart attack)	ataque cardíaco, paro cardíaco nm
The patient died of cardiac arrest this morning.
			paro cardíaco, ataque al corazón nm
			ataque cardiaco / infarto nm
Le dio un infarto. Murió de un ataque cardiaco.
			síncope cardíaco nm
citizen’s arrest	n		arresto ciudadano nm
house arrest			arresto domiciliario n
warrant of arrest			orden de detención judicial nf

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