inquisition

interrogatorio

Serie de preguntas tan numerosas o insistentes que pueden incomodar a quien debe responder.

En inglés sencillo: A series of questions, often so many or so forceful that they make someone uncomfortable.

• Dinner turned into an inquisition.
• I endured an inquisition about my new boyfriend.
• Why does every family visit involve an inquisition?

Cómo se usa: inquisition about something (I faced an inquisition about where I had been.)

Sinónimos: interrogation, questioning, grilling

Expresiones frecuentes: endless inquisition, face an inquisition, inquisition about something

inquisición, caza de brujas

Investigación considerada injusta porque persigue a personas por sus creencias u opiniones.

En inglés sencillo: An investigation seen as unfairly targeting people because of their beliefs or opinions.

• Critics called the inquiry an inquisition.
• The committee's investigation became a political inquisition.
• Several writers lost their jobs during the ideological inquisition.

Sinónimos: witch hunt

Expresiones frecuentes: political inquisition, ideological inquisition, inquisition against someone

investigación, indagación

Investigación que se realiza para descubrir la verdad sobre un asunto.

En inglés sencillo: An investigation carried out to find the truth about something.

• An inquisition was ordered.
• The committee conducted an inquisition into the dispute.
• Its records describe an official inquisition into the ownership of the land.

Cómo se usa: inquisition into something (The council ordered an inquisition into the missing funds.)

Sinónimos: investigation, inquiry

Expresiones frecuentes: official inquisition, conduct an inquisition, inquisition into something

investigación judicial, pesquisa judicial

Investigación legal oficial, a menudo sobre una muerte, o el documento que recoge sus conclusiones.

En inglés sencillo: An official legal inquiry, often into a death, or the written finding of that inquiry.

• The coroner held an inquisition.
• The jury's inquisition recorded an accidental death.
• A copy of the inquisition was filed with the court.

Sinónimos: inquest

Expresiones frecuentes: coroner's inquisition, jury's inquisition, hold an inquisition