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ponderado

balanced

adjective pohn-deh-RAH-doh Rare

Origin: From Latin ponderatus (weighed).

Also means

considered

Usage Note

Ponderado describes a person or judgment that is measured, careful, and balanced — not impulsive. As a past participle of ponderar it can also mean 'weighed' or 'praised' in older usage, but the adjectival sense 'balanced/judicious' dominates in modern prose. The antonym is impulsivo or precipitado.

Examples

"El árbitro tomó una decisión ponderada."

Natural Translation

The referee made a balanced decision.

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