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cláusula

clause

noun KLOW-soo-lah Rare
Communication Writing

Origin: From Latin clausula ('a short sentence, a closing'), from claudere ('to close').

Usage Note

Cláusula is used in legal, contractual, and grammatical contexts: la cláusula de rescisión ('the termination clause') or cláusula subordinada ('subordinate clause' in grammar). It is an esdrújula (proparoxytone), stressed on the first syllable, hence the written accent. Use cláusula for a formal contractual or grammatical unit rather than the looser frase.

Examples

"El contrato incluye una cláusula de confidencialidad."

Natural Translation

The contract includes a confidentiality clause.

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