el
masculine
/ˈbeto/
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Translation
veto
Word origin
Directly from Latin veto ('I forbid'), the first-person singular of vetare ('to forbid'). Roman tribunes used the word to block a measure, and the sense of a blocking power carried into modern politics.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- vetare
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralvetos
Examples
ejerció .
The president exercised his right of veto over the law.
Unidos .
The United States used its veto in the Security Council.
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My parents put a veto on that trip.
¿ ?
Do you think the veto is fair in a democracy?
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The project was blocked by a single member's veto.
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