interpuesto

interposed

adjective een-tehr-PWES-toh Rare

Also means

placed between

Usage Note

Interpuesto is the past participle of interponer used as an adjective in formal and legal Spanish — most frequently in the phrase recurso interpuesto (appeal lodged) or persona interpuesta (an intermediary or front person). It is largely restricted to written, bureaucratic registers and sounds unnatural in everyday conversation.

Examples

"El recurso interpuesto fue admitido a trámite."

Natural Translation

The appeal that was lodged was admitted for processing.

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