despenalizar

From des- +‎ penalizar.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /despenaliˈθaɾ/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /despenaliˈsaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧pe‧na‧li‧zar

despenalizar (first-person singular present despenalizo, first-person singular preterite despenalicé, past participle despenalizado)

1. (transitive) to depenalize, decriminalize
   • 2019 March 27, “Eliminan escenas homosexuales de 'Bohemian Rhapsody' en su estreno en China”, in La Razón‎:

     China no despenalizó la homosexualidad hasta 1997, y no la retiró de su lista de enfermedades mentales hasta 2001.

     China didn't decriminalize homosexuality until 1997, and it did not remove it from its list of mental illnesses until 2001.

• “despenalizar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16