antimonopolio

anti-monopoly

adjective ahn-tee-moh-noh-POH-lyoh Rare

Usage Note

Antimonopolio is used as an invariable attributive adjective preceding or following the noun: ley antimonopolio, regulación antimonopolio. It is the Spanish equivalent of English 'antitrust' or 'anti-monopoly' in competition law. Interchangeable with antimonopolista in journalistic prose, though the latter can also function as a noun (los antimonopolistas).

Examples

"El gobierno aprobó una ley antimonopolio."

Natural Translation

The government passed an anti-monopoly law.

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