detener
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Asturian
[edit]Verb
[edit]detener
- to arrest
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin dētinēre. Cognate with English detain, Italian detenere, Portuguese deter, and Romanian deține.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]detener (first-person singular present detengo, first-person singular preterite detuve, past participle detenido)
- (transitive) to detain
- (transitive) to arrest
- 1973 September 11, Salvador Allende, Ultimas palabras:
- Tienen la fuerza, podrán avasallarnos, pero no se detienen los procesos sociales ni con el crimen ni con la fuerza. La historia es nuestra y la hacen los pueblos.
- They have force and will be able to dominate us, but social processes can be arrested by neither crime nor force. History is ours, and people make history.
- (transitive, reflexive) to stop, halt, to pause
- Synonym: parar
- (transitive) to pull over
- Synonym: orillar
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of detener (irregular; e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of detener (irregular; e-ie alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “detener”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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