sentenciar — meaning in English

English meaning

• award noun A prize or honour given for merit or achievement.
• convict verb To find someone guilty of a crime in a court of law.
• sentence noun A group of words that forms a complete grammatical statement, usually with a subject and a verb.

Senses

sentenciar is used for these senses in English:

• award (transitive, legal) To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case.
• convict (chiefly, religion, ethics) To convince, persuade; to cause (someone) to believe in (something).
• sentence (transitive) To declare a sentence on a convicted person; to condemn to punishment.

award — full definition

1. noun A prize or honour given for merit or achievement.
2. verb To officially give someone a prize, sum of money, or other benefit as the result of a decision.

convict — full definition

1. verb To find someone guilty of a crime in a court of law.
2. noun A person who has been found guilty of a crime and is serving a sentence.

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