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premeditado

premeditated

adjective preh-meh-dee-TAH-doh Rare

Also means

deliberate

Usage Note

Premeditado is used especially in legal contexts to describe an act planned in advance (asesinato premeditado — premeditated murder). Outside law it can describe any carefully planned action. It agrees in gender and number: una acción premeditada.

Examples

"El crimen fue claramente premeditado."

Natural Translation

The crime was clearly premeditated.

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