La pareja será absuelta si muestra su certificado de matrimonio.

English translation: The couple will be acquitted if they show their marriage certificate

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Spanish term or phrase:La pareja será absuelta si muestra su certificado de matrimonio.
English translation:The couple will be acquitted if they show their marriage certificate
Entered by: Michael McCann

20:23 May 4, 2010
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Spanish term or phrase: La pareja será absuelta si muestra su certificado de matrimonio.
La pareja será absuelta si muestra su certificado de matrimonio.

"Dos británicos han sido acusados de besarse en público en Dubai y se enfrentan a una pena de un mes de prisión. Najafi, que ha vivido en Dubai los últimos 18 meses, y Lewis fueron arrestados y han sido acusados de besarese, y tocarse íntimamente bajo los efectos del alcohol."

The pair will be acquitted/absolved ? Does that sound ok? Thanks!
Alex Lloyd
Spain
Local time: 16:52
The couple will be acquitted if they show their marriage certificate
Explanation:
Please note that the verb "muestra" refers to the pareja/couple, but coming into English, the couple becomes a plural "they" in the subordinate sentence, and being plural the possessive adjective must be "their".
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Michael McCann
Ireland
Local time: 15:52
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5 +14The couple will be acquitted if they show their marriage certificate
Michael McCann
4The couple will be acquitted if he shows his marriage certificate.
Ana Lucia Amaral


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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +14
The couple will be acquitted if they show their marriage certificate


Explanation:
Please note that the verb "muestra" refers to the pareja/couple, but coming into English, the couple becomes a plural "they" in the subordinate sentence, and being plural the possessive adjective must be "their".

Michael McCann
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
The couple will be acquitted if he shows his marriage certificate.


Explanation:
Yo conozco Pareja en el sentido de matrimonio como "couple"


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Note added at 21 minutos (2010-05-04 20:45:20 GMT)
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Es verdad:

The couple will be acquitted if they show their marriage certificate

THEIR.



Ana Lucia Amaral
United States
Local time: 10:52
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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