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Spanish4Lawyers- How do you say “punishment”?

Q.  What is the Spanish word for “punishment“? A.  ”Castigo“.  This word is divided into three syllables:   cas- ti´- go.  The first syllable sounds like the “Cass” in Mama Cass or the “cas” in...

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Spanish4Lawyers- How do you say “dismiss”?

If you want to tell your client that the charges (in Spanish “cargos”) have been dropped or if your client wants to tell you that he was fired from his job, the verb “to dismiss” in Spanish is...

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Spanish4Lawyers- How do you say the word “truth”?

What lawyers’ language blog would be complete without a translation of the word “truth“?  As we learned in law school, isn’t that what lawyers seek- “the truth, whole truth, and nothing but the truth”?...

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Spanish4Lawyers- How do you say “tell me”?

In our last post, we learned the Spanish word for “truth”, which is “verdad”.  Now, let’s say you want your client to “give you the whole story” (or maybe, given that we are a Spanish oriented website,...

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Spanish4Lawyers- How do you say “drugs”?

If you are a criminal lawyer, you need to know this word, whether you want to admit it or not.  ”The drugs” (as in “where did the Police find the drugs?”) is translated into Spanish as ”las drogas“. It...

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Spanish4Lawyers- How do you say “My charge is….”?

This week we are studying the Spanish words related to an attorney’s fee.  When it is time to quote a fee, in English you say “My charge is …”  In Spanish, the translation is “Mi cobro esta…”.  The...

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Spanish4Lawyers- How do you say “cash”?

The Spanish word for “cash” is “efectivo“.  This is a really easy word for me to remember because when a client wants to retain me for a case “there is nothing more effective than cash”.  After all, if...

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Spanish4Lawyers- How do you say “suspects”?

The Spanish word for “the suspects” is “los sospechosos“ “Sospechoso” is a masculine word- a female suspect word have an “a” for the last letter (as in “sospechosa”). This word has four syllable:...

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Spanish4Lawyers- How do you say “firearms”?

I was standing in the Social Security Hearing office (ODAR) today, waiting to pass through the metal detector, so that I could go to my hearing.   Over the shoulder of the security guard I read a...

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Spanish4Lawyers- How do you say “concealed weapon”?

In our last post, we looked at a bi-lingual sign telling us not to bring firearms on the premises. Today we review a similar sign.  However, it appears that you can carry as many firearms as you want...

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