Sospechoso in english
Suspect
pronunciation: səspekt part of speech: verb, noun
pronunciation: səspekt part of speech: verb, noun
In gestures
sospechoso1 = suspect.
Example: Results show that newsworthiness of a homicide is enhanced when whites are suspects or victims, males are suspects and victims are females, children or senior citizens.more:
» exonerar a un sospechoso = exonerate + a suspect .
Example: For the first time, genetic fingerprinting would be used to exonerate a suspect and convict the guilty person.» principal sospechoso, el = leading suspect, the ; prime suspect, the .
Example: The leading suspect in last November's deadly attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) has pleaded not guilty to all the charges. Example: The prime suspect was taken to the court amid high security measures.» rueda de sospechosos = police line-up ; identity parade ; identification parade .
Example: This actually happened to a 19-year-old New Yorker who had been identified by a robbery witness during a police line-up. Example: This research investigated whether eye-witnesses were influenced by stereotypical criminal faces when faced with an identity parade. Example: The police can order any person arrested on any charge or released on bail to attend an identification parade.» sospechoso de asesinato = murder suspect .
Example: Police are chasing leads of a murder suspect riding a little girl's bicycle from the scene of the crime.» sospechoso de un delito = criminal suspect .
Example: Criminal suspects have the right to remain silent when taken into police custody.sospechoso2 = suspect ; fishy [fishier -comp., fishiest -sup.] ; shady ; dodgy ; fly-by-night ; dubious-sounding ; dubious ; under suspicion ; shifty-eyed.
Example: The utility, in information service terms, of a narrow technical education is suspect.Example: This is when children are not really concerned with scientific truth; they believe in Father Christmas anyway, even if there lurks the suspicion that there is something rather fishy about it all.Example: Moreover, the shady image of video libraries drove away discerning customers.Example: The statistical procedures from Czchekoslovakia and Romania have been pretty dodgy and unsatisfactory.Example: What I was reading about looked like a really genuine and reliable way of earning good money that didn't involve some fly-by-night, get-rich-quick scheme.Example: But I seem to get an awful lot of people trying to interest me in dubious-sounding business propositions.Example: On no account should the schedules of a classification scheme be modified in order to gain some dubious advantage of this kind.Example: When war broke out against Germany, immigrants from that country were suddenly under suspicion of being possible enemy.Example: From childhood, we shiver as the shifty-eyed wolf terrorizes Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs.more:
» acuerdo sospechoso = dodgy deal ; dodgy dealing .
Example: Survey reveals an industry rife with dodgy deals. Example: The anti-fraud office concluded its investigation on Monday without finding proof of bribes, but said Dalli was aware of dodgy dealings.» haber algo sospechoso con = there + be + something fishy going on with .
Example: I had a mechanic chap take a gander earlier on and he said it's possible the pedal itself is kaput, as in there's something fishy going on with the mechanics of it.» negociación sospechosa = dodgy deal ; dodgy dealing .
Example: Survey reveals an industry rife with dodgy deals. Example: The anti-fraud office concluded its investigation on Monday without finding proof of bribes, but said Dalli was aware of dodgy dealings.» oler algo sospechoso = smell + a rat ; smell + fishy ; sound + fishy .
Example: 'Something doesn't seem right, and I don't know exactly what it is, but I kind of smell a rat,' Cooper said = "Algo parece que no está bien, y no sé exactamente qué es, pero yo como que tengo la mosca detrás de la oreja", dijo Cooper. Example: Something smells fishy alright but I'm starting to think it's the smell of plans gone seriously awry. Example: It sounds fishy to me -- I would steer clear of this and use your $850 to invest in a mutual fund.» que parece sospechoso = dubious-sounding .
Example: But I seem to get an awful lot of people trying to interest me in dubious-sounding business propositions.» rueda de sospechosos = police line-up ; identity parade ; identification parade .
Example: This actually happened to a 19-year-old New Yorker who had been identified by a robbery witness during a police line-up. Example: This research investigated whether eye-witnesses were influenced by stereotypical criminal faces when faced with an identity parade. Example: The police can order any person arrested on any charge or released on bail to attend an identification parade.