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acorralado

cornered; trapped

adjective ah-koh-rrah-LAH-doh Rare

Usage Note

Acorralado is the past participle of acorralar (to corner, to round up livestock) used as an adjective. It applies both literally (an animal or person with no escape route) and figuratively (el político acorralado por preguntas — the politician cornered by questions). The double rr signals the trill; it agrees in gender and number.

Examples

"El sospechoso se sintió acorralado por la policía."

Natural Translation

The suspect felt cornered by the police.

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