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flagrante

flagrant

adjective flah-GRAHN-teh Rare

Origin: From Latin flagrans (burning, blazing), present participle of flagrare, giving the sense of an offence 'burning' in plain sight.

Also means

blatant

Usage Note

Flagrante is most fixed in the legal phrase en flagrante delito (caught in the act), often shortened colloquially to in fraganti — note the Latin spelling variant. As a free adjective (una mentira flagrante) it means 'blatant' or 'glaring'. It is invariable in gender, adding only -s in the plural.

Examples

"Lo detuvieron en flagrante delito."

Natural Translation

They arrested him in the act.

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