Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
poner/entablar una demanda
English translation:
to file a lawsuit
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María Teresa Taylor Oliver
Jun 20, 2005 17:57
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Spanish term
poner una demanda
Spanish to English
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poner una demanda
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1 min
María Teresa Taylor Oliver
Panama
Panama
Native in Spanish
Panama
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Native in: Spanish (Variants: Argentine, US, Guatemalan, Salvadoran, Latin American, Colombian, Costa Rican, Panamanian, Nicaraguan, Mexican, Peruvian, Venezuelan, Cuban, Honduran) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
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to file a lawsuit
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To file a lawsuit (against) XXX.
Acclaim faces second lawsuit - GameCube News at GameSpotBMX XXX for GameCube News at GameSpot. GameSpot provides in-depth news about BMX XXX and ... Acclaim stockholders have filed a lawsuit against the company, ...
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filed a lawsuit against the US. Customs Service (now under the ... the ILRF to file a lawsuit against the. agency in June 2003 for failure to ...
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WorldNetDaily: \'Time bomb\' lawsuit against Planned Parenthood\'Time bomb\' lawsuit against Planned Parenthood ... A non-profit legal foundation has filed suit against Planned Parenthood clinics in Los Angeles and San ...
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Perdón, allá arriba, en el sentido de \"demandar a XXX\", \"against\" NO es optativo (aunque lo puse entre paréntesis), sino que siempre va. Es decir: to file a lawsuit against someone = demandar a alguien.
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http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/unabridged?va=...
Main Entry: lawsuit Pronunciation Guide
Pronunciation:
Function: noun
: a suit in law : a case before a court : any of various technical legal proceedings (as an action, prosecution)
http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/spanish?va=dem...
Main Entry: demanda
Function: feminine noun
Usage: Spanish word
1 : demand <la oferta y la demanda : supply and demand>
2 : petition, request
3 : lawsuit
http://wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=demanda&...
demanda f
1 Jur lawsuit
2 Com demand
3 (petición, solicitud) demand: nadie atendió sus demandas de ayuda, nobody paid any attention to his pleas for help
- Source: Diccionario Espasa Concise © 2000 Espasa Calpe
demandar verbo transitivo
1 Jur to sue
2 (pedir) to demand
- Source: Diccionario Espasa Concise © 2000 Espasa Calpe
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Note added at 1 min (2005-06-20 17:59:25 GMT)
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To file a lawsuit (against) XXX.
Acclaim faces second lawsuit - GameCube News at GameSpotBMX XXX for GameCube News at GameSpot. GameSpot provides in-depth news about BMX XXX and ... Acclaim stockholders have filed a lawsuit against the company, ...
www.gamespot.com/gamecube/ sports/bmxxxx/news_6023369.html - 38k - Cached - Similar pages
[PDF] newsletter10.23.03xxx (Page 1)File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
filed a lawsuit against the US. Customs Service (now under the ... the ILRF to file a lawsuit against the. agency in June 2003 for failure to ...
www.laborrights.org/publications/ WRN%20Fall%20\'03.pdf - Similar pages
WorldNetDaily: \'Time bomb\' lawsuit against Planned Parenthood\'Time bomb\' lawsuit against Planned Parenthood ... A non-profit legal foundation has filed suit against Planned Parenthood clinics in Los Angeles and San ...
www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=28686 - 23k - Cached - Similar pages
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Perdón, allá arriba, en el sentido de \"demandar a XXX\", \"against\" NO es optativo (aunque lo puse entre paréntesis), sino que siempre va. Es decir: to file a lawsuit against someone = demandar a alguien.
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Note added at 28 mins (2005-06-20 18:25:41 GMT)
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http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/unabridged?va=...
Main Entry: lawsuit Pronunciation Guide
Pronunciation:
Function: noun
: a suit in law : a case before a court : any of various technical legal proceedings (as an action, prosecution)
http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/spanish?va=dem...
Main Entry: demanda
Function: feminine noun
Usage: Spanish word
1 : demand <la oferta y la demanda : supply and demand>
2 : petition, request
3 : lawsuit
http://wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=demanda&...
demanda f
1 Jur lawsuit
2 Com demand
3 (petición, solicitud) demand: nadie atendió sus demandas de ayuda, nobody paid any attention to his pleas for help
- Source: Diccionario Espasa Concise © 2000 Espasa Calpe
demandar verbo transitivo
1 Jur to sue
2 (pedir) to demand
- Source: Diccionario Espasa Concise © 2000 Espasa Calpe
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Comment: "thanks"
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to file a lawsuit
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David Russi
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
&
English
United States
30+ years, stopped counting...
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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290
to start a lawsuit / to sue
to start a lawsuit / to sue
22 mins
to file a claim
You need to give some context to this: a "demanda" could just as easily be a legal action initiated in a small-claims court. But if there is no other context, I would agree with "file a lawsuit".
57 mins
Flavio Posse
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
Specializes in field
United States
Related KudoZ points
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368
to file a complaint
Este término cubre cualquier tipo de demanda, la cual no siempre es una "lawsuit".
Por ejemplo: "poner una demanda en el departamento de policía". Esto no es una "lawsuit", pero sí es una demanda.
Por ejemplo: "poner una demanda en el departamento de policía". Esto no es una "lawsuit", pero sí es una demanda.
Peer comment(s):
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BAmary (X)
: Para mí si es en el departamento de policía, sería una denuncia. Creo que demanda se utiliza específicamente para lawsuit, al menos en Argentina.../ Ah! Y hola!!!
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Marcelo González
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
PhD in Translation Studies
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
Related KudoZ points
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202
to file suit
It's often said this way, as well (at least here in the US). :-)
"to file suit" = 114,000 hits
Environmental Groups to File Suit Over Missile Defenses. by James Dao. WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 — Hoping to slow the Bush administration's missile defense ...
www.commondreams.org/headlines01/0828-01.htm
I wish to notify you that I intend to file suit imminently against Commissioners and Employees of the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission including ...
www.ishipress.com/intent.htm
AG says he won't file suit to take funds from anti-tobacco group ...Reeves informed board members today that Hood had rejected the request the board made to file suit to divert the $20 million in tobacco money from the ...
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"to file suit" = 114,000 hits
Environmental Groups to File Suit Over Missile Defenses. by James Dao. WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 — Hoping to slow the Bush administration's missile defense ...
www.commondreams.org/headlines01/0828-01.htm
I wish to notify you that I intend to file suit imminently against Commissioners and Employees of the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission including ...
www.ishipress.com/intent.htm
AG says he won't file suit to take funds from anti-tobacco group ...Reeves informed board members today that Hood had rejected the request the board made to file suit to divert the $20 million in tobacco money from the ...
www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ article?AID=/20050223/NEWS010504/50223008/1205 - 45k - Cached - Similar
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