estrado

m.

1 platform.

subir al estrado to go up on to the platform; (orador) to enter the witness box(testigo) (British), to take the stand (United States)

2 stage, platform for public speaking, podium, stand.

3 bar.

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estrado

► nombre masculino

1 stage, platform (tarima) dais

► nombre masculino plural estrados

1 DERECHO courtrooms

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SM

1) (=tarima) platform; (Mús) bandstand

estrado del testigo — witness stand

2) pl estrados (Jur) law courts

citar a algn para estrados — to subpoena sb

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masculino

a) (tarima) platform, dais

subió al estrado a declarar — he took the stand to give evidence

b) estrados masculino plural (Der) law courts (pl)

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= dais, podium.

Ex. One eminent librarian remarked upon how odd it was that the unpopular reference desk at a university library was set upon a dais.

Ex. Libraries need an extra room for meetings and discussions, preferably containing a podium for lectures and other local activities.

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masculino

a) (tarima) platform, dais

subió al estrado a declarar — he took the stand to give evidence

b) estrados masculino plural (Der) law courts (pl)

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= dais, podium.

Ex: One eminent librarian remarked upon how odd it was that the unpopular reference desk at a university library was set upon a dais.

Ex: Libraries need an extra room for meetings and discussions, preferably containing a podium for lectures and other local activities.

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estrado

masculine

1 (tarima) platform, dais

el estrado donde se sitúan las autoridades the dais o platform where the dignitaries sit

subió al estrado a prestar declaración he took the stand to give evidence

2 estrados mpl (Der) law courts (pl)

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estrado sustantivo masculino (tarima) platform, dais
estrado sustantivo masculino
1 (palestra) platform
subir al estrado, to go up onto the platform
2 Mús bandstand
3 Jur stand: el acusado subió al estrado, the accused took the stand
'estrado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
tarima
English:
box
- dais
- stand
- platform
- podium
- rostrum
- witness

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estrado nm

1. [tarima] [de orador, personalidades] platform, rostrum;

[para testigos] witness Br box o US stand;

subir al estrado [orador] to go up onto the platform;

[testigo] Br to enter the witness box, US to take the stand

2. Der

estrados [salas] courtrooms

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estrado

m platform

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estrado nm

1) : dais, platform, bench (of a judge)

2) estrados nmpl: courts of law