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ilegalidad

illegality

noun ee-leh-gah-lee-DAHD Rare

Also means

unlawfulness

Usage Note

Ilegalidad is the abstract noun for the state or quality of being illegal; the concrete countable sense ('an illegality', 'a violation') also exists. It ends in -dad, a suffix that always produces feminine nouns — a reliable rule for learners. The opposite is legalidad.

Examples

"La ilegalidad de esa práctica es evidente."

Natural Translation

The illegality of that practice is obvious.

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