juzgado

Spanish

Alternative forms

• jujao (Chile, colloquial, nonstandard)
• juzgao (colloquial, nonstandard)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin iūdicātus, perfect passive participle of iūdicō. Equivalent to juzgar +‎ -ado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /xuθˈɡado/ [xuθ̬ˈɣ̞a.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /xusˈɡado/ [xuzˈɣ̞a.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: juz‧ga‧do

Noun

juzgado m (plural juzgados)

1. a court of law with a judge
2. a place for adjudicated individuals
3. (historical) judicate (e.g., the Sardinian judicates), judgedom, judicature

Derived terms

• de juzgado de guardia
• juzgado de instrucción
• juzgado de paz
• juzgado de primera instancia

 

Related terms

• juez
• juzgar

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: husgado
• → Tagalog: husgado
• → English: hoosegow
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: joscöro, juscöro

Participle

juzgado (feminine juzgada, masculine plural juzgados, feminine plural juzgadas)

1. past participle of juzgar

Further reading

• “juzgado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28