detener

detener

1. to arrest

Inherited from Latin dētinēre. Cognate with English detain, Italian detenere, Portuguese deter, and Romanian deține.

• IPA^(key): /deteˈneɾ/ [d̪e.t̪eˈneɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: de‧te‧ner

detener (first-person singular present detengo, first-person singular preterite detuve, past participle detenido)

1. (transitive) to detain
2. (transitive) to arrest
   • 1973 September 11, Salvador Allende, Ultimas palabras:

     Tienen la fuerza, podrán avasallarnos, pero no se detienen los procesos sociales ni con el crimen ni con la fuerza. La historia es nuestra y la hacen los pueblos.

     They have force and will be able to dominate us, but social processes can be arrested by neither crime nor force. History is ours, and people make history.

3. (transitive, reflexive) to stop, halt, to pause

   Synonym: parar

4. (transitive) to pull over

   Synonym: orillar

• “detener”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28