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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deteˈnido/
- Rhymes: -ido
- Syllabification: de‧te‧ni‧do
Adjective
detenido (feminine detenida, masculine plural detenidos, feminine plural detenidas)
- arrested
- stopped
- thorough, careful
Derived terms
Noun
detenido m (plural detenidos, feminine detenida, feminine plural detenidas)
- detainee
- prisoner, arrested person
Participle
detenido (feminine detenida, masculine plural detenidos, feminine plural detenidas)
- past participle of detener
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish detenido.
Pronunciation
Adjective
detenido (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜆᜒᜈᜒᜇᜓ)
- detained; arrested
- Synonyms: hinuli, nahuli
- delayed
- Synonym: naatraso