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privatizado

privatised

adjective pree-bah-tee-SAH-doh Rare

Usage Note

Privatizado is the past participle of privatizar used as an adjective, describing something — typically a state company or service — that has been transferred to private ownership. It agrees in gender and number: una empresa privatizada. The process is privatización.

Examples

"El servicio de agua fue privatizado en los noventa."

Natural Translation

The water service was privatised in the nineties.

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