arresto

Definitions of arresto
  1. noun
    the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
    synonyms: detención
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    type of:
    confiscación, decomiso, incautación
    the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
  2. noun
    the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
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    types:
    reclusión
    the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
    reclusión
    the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
  3. noun
    fortitude and determination
    synonyms: agalla, agarre, arena, bandullo, barriga, bemol, buche, cipote, cojón, hombradía, hígado, lacha, mondongo, perendengue, redaño, tripa, vientre, vísceras
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    type of:
    aguante, coraje, entereza, fortaleza, fuerza
    strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage
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