el
masculine
/seˈkwestɾo/
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Translation
kidnapping
Word origin
From Latin sequestrum ('a thing held in trust'), from sequester ('trustee, go-between'). The same root gives English 'sequester'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- sequestrum
- English cognates
- sequester
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralsecuestros
Examples
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The film is about the kidnapping of a banker.
pocas .
The police solved the kidnapping in a few hours.
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Do you remember the novel about the kidnapping and the ransom?
heridos.
The hijacking of the plane ended with no one hurt.
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The newspapers talked about the kidnapping for weeks.
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