apelar
to appeal
verb ah-peh-LAHR Less Common
Origin: From Latin appellare, 'to address; to call'.
Also means
to appeal to; to call on
Usage Note
Apelar is used in legal contexts (apelar una sentencia = 'to appeal a sentence/ruling') and in rhetorical ones (apelar a la razón = 'to appeal to reason'). It always takes the preposition a when the object is a concept or authority. The noun form is apelación and the person who appeals is the apelante.
Examples
"El abogado decidió apelar la sentencia."
Natural Translation
The lawyer decided to appeal the sentence.
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