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descartado

ruled out

adjective deh-skahr-TAH-doh Rare
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Also means

discarded

Usage Note

Descartado is the past participle of descartar used as an adjective, meaning something or someone has been eliminated from consideration. It is commonly used in sport (a player is descartado for a match due to injury), politics (a candidate descartado), or logic (a hypothesis descartada). The feminine form is descartada.

Examples

"El jugador está descartado por lesión."

Natural Translation

The player is ruled out due to injury.

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