- querella
- f.1 charge (law) (acusación).2 dispute (discordia).3 quarrel, dispute, fight, altercation.4 complaint, grievance.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: querellar.* * *querella► nombre femenino1 DERECHO action, lawsuit2 (queja) complaint3 (enfrentamiento) dispute, quarrel\FRASEOLOGÍApresentar una querella contra alguien to bring an action against somebody, take legal action against somebody, take somebody to court* * *SF1) (Jur) (=acusación) charge, accusation; (=proceso) suit, case
interponer o presentar una querella contra algn — to bring a lawsuit o an action against sb
querella por difamación — action for libel o defamation
querella privada — action for damages
2) (=disputa) disputehan olvidado sus viejas querellas — they have set aside their old disputes
antiguas querellas familiares — old family feuds
3) † (=queja) complaint* * *femenino1) (Der) lawsuit, actionpresentar querella contra alguien — to bring an action against somebody, to take legal action against somebody
2) (disputa) dispute* * *= axe + to grind, complaint, charge, dispute.Ex. The seventeenth century could tolerate the growth of a public library which was committed to the spread of knowledge without any particular axe to grind other than the rather vague one of promoting a happy Christian state.Ex. CACs have dealt with pre-shopping advice, education on consumers' rights and complaints about goods and services, advising the client and often obtaining expert assessments.Ex. No less prestigious an authority than a Royal Commission was appointed to inquire into the charges brought against the man principally responsible for that volume.Ex. In practice meetings of the Council of Ministers -- the Community's main legislative body -- have in recent years become a forum for acrimonious dispute.----* querellas internas = infighting [in-fighting].* * *femenino1) (Der) lawsuit, actionpresentar querella contra alguien — to bring an action against somebody, to take legal action against somebody
2) (disputa) dispute* * *= axe + to grind, complaint, charge, dispute.Ex: The seventeenth century could tolerate the growth of a public library which was committed to the spread of knowledge without any particular axe to grind other than the rather vague one of promoting a happy Christian state.
Ex: CACs have dealt with pre-shopping advice, education on consumers' rights and complaints about goods and services, advising the client and often obtaining expert assessments.Ex: No less prestigious an authority than a Royal Commission was appointed to inquire into the charges brought against the man principally responsible for that volume.Ex: In practice meetings of the Council of Ministers -- the Community's main legislative body -- have in recent years become a forum for acrimonious dispute.* querellas internas = infighting [in-fighting].* * *querellafeminineA (Der) lawsuit, suit, actionpresentó querella contra el periódico por difamación he brought a libel suit o a libel action against the newspaper, he took legal action against the newspaper for libel, he sued the newspaper for libelCompuesto:querella criminalcriminal charges (pl)B (disputa) dispute* * *
Del verbo querellarse: (conjugate querellarse)
se querella es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo
querella sustantivo femeninoa) (Der) private prosecution;◊ presentar querella contra algn to bring a private prosecution against sbb) (disputa) dispute
querella sustantivo femenino
1 Jur lawsuit
2 (conflicto) dispute
'querella' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
compeler
- promover
English:
complaint
* * *querella nf1. Der [acusación] charge;presentar o [m5]poner una querella contra alguien/por algo to bring an action against sb/for sth2. [conflicto] dispute* * *querellaf JUR lawsuit* * *querella nf1) : complaint2) : lawsuit
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.