sentencia

judgment, sentence

Noun sentencia f (plural sentencias)

Verb sentencia

Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted) present indicative form of sentenciar.
Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of sentenciar.

Examples

Está cumpliendo una sentencia de tres años por robo.

He is serving a three-year sentence for burglary.

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El juez le dio a la mujer una sentencia de tres años.

The judge gave the woman a three year sentence.

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Tom recibió una sentencia de veinte semanas en prisión.

Tom was given a 20-week prison sentence.

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Esta es una sentencia rara.

This is a weird sentence.

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Malinterpretaste la sentencia.

You misunderstood the sentence.

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Tom terminará de cumplir su sentencia el próximo mes.

Tom will finish serving his sentence next month.

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El rey anuló la sentencia de muerte de una mujer condenada por manejar.

The king overturned the death sentence of a woman condemned for driving.

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