arrest

detención, arresto

Acto de la policía de retener a alguien por sospechar que ha cometido un delito.

En inglés sencillo: The act of police taking someone into custody because they suspect that person of breaking the law.

• The police made an arrest.
• She was placed under arrest.
• Several arrests followed the protest.

Cómo se usa: under arrest for something (He is under arrest for theft.)

Sinónimos: detention, apprehension

Antónimos: release

Expresiones frecuentes: under arrest, make an arrest, arrest warrant

paro, detención

Estado en que se detiene una actividad o una función corporal, especialmente el latido del corazón.

En inglés sencillo: A condition in which an activity or body function, especially the heartbeat, stops.

• He suffered a cardiac arrest.
• The team treated a patient in respiratory arrest.
• The disease caused an arrest of growth.

Sinónimos: stoppage

Expresiones frecuentes: cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, growth arrest

detenido, arrestado

Persona que un policía ha tomado bajo custodia.

En inglés sencillo: A person whom a police officer has taken into custody.

• That suspect was my arrest.
• The officer brought her arrest to the station.
• His first arrest refused to answer questions.

Sinónimos: detainee

Expresiones frecuentes: my arrest, your arrest, first arrest

detener, arrestar

La policía toma a alguien bajo custodia porque sospecha que ha cometido un delito.

En inglés sencillo: If police do this, they take someone into custody because they suspect a crime.

• Police may arrest the driver.
• She was arrested outside the bank.
• Did they arrest anyone for the robbery?

Cómo se usa: arrest someone for something (They arrested him for stealing a car.)

Sinónimos: apprehend, detain

Antónimos: release

Expresiones frecuentes: arrest someone, arrest for theft

detener, frenar

Impedir que algo se mueva, se desarrolle o continúe.

En inglés sencillo: Stop something from moving, developing, or continuing.

• The treatment arrested the disease.
• New funding could arrest the decline.
• Poor nutrition can arrest a child’s growth.

Sinónimos: stop, halt, check

Expresiones frecuentes: arrest development, arrest the decline, arrest disease

pararse, detenerse

Dicho del corazón, dejar de latir.

En inglés sencillo: If a heart does this, it stops beating.

• His heart arrested during surgery.
• A patient can arrest without warning.
• The medical team acted quickly when her heart arrested.

Sinónimos: stop

Expresiones frecuentes: heart may arrest, heart can arrest