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arbitral

arbitration

adjective ahr-bee-TRAHL Rare

Also means

referee's

Usage Note

Arbitral describes anything relating to an arbitration tribunal or a sports referee (árbitro). You will see it constantly in sports headlines (decisión arbitral = referee's ruling) and in legal texts (tribunal arbitral = arbitration court). It has one invariable form for both genders: el laudo arbitral, la decisión arbitral.

Examples

"La decisión arbitral fue muy polémica."

Natural Translation

The referee's decision was very controversial.

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