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instigado

instigated

adjective een-stee-GAH-doh Rare

Usage Note

Instigado is the past participle of instigar used adjectivally, typically in legal or political contexts: un crimen instigado por terceros (a crime instigated by third parties). It usually requires the preposition por to introduce the instigator. The feminine form is instigada.

Examples

"El ataque fue instigado por un grupo extremista."

Natural Translation

The attack was instigated by an extremist group.

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