derecho

/deˈɾet͡ʃo/, [d̪eˈɾe.t͡ʃo]

right


Examples
  • Toda persona tiene derecho al trabajo, a la libre elección de su trabajo, a condiciones equitativas y satisfactorias de trabajo y a la protección contra el desempleo.

    Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.

  • Cada empleado tiene derecho a dos semanas de vacaciones pagadas por año.

    Each employee is entitled to a two week paid vacation per year.

  • Las personas que no están apuradas se ponen al lado derecho de las escaleras mecánicas.

    People who are not in a hurry stand on the right side of the escalator.

  • Nada más llegar al pueblo, fue derecho a verla.

    On arriving in the town, he went straight to see her.

  • Usted no tiene derecho legal a confiscar mi propiedad.

    You have no legal right to seize my property.

  • La muerte es un derecho.

    Death is a right.

  • Tienes derecho a guardar silencio.

    You have the right to remain silent.

  • Tom fue derecho a la oficina de correos.

    Tom went straight to the post office.

  • Toda persona que utilice el esperanto o trabaje con él es un esperantista, y cada esperantista tiene el justo derecho de considerar la lengua como un simple medio de comprensión internacional.

    Anyone who uses or works with Esperanto is an Esperantist, and every Esperantist has the right to consider their language a simple medium for international comprehension.

  • Ahora que ya tenéis edad, tenéis derecho a votar.

    Now you've come of age, you have the right to vote.

  • El Papa no tiene derecho a contraer matrimonio.

    The Pope has no right to marry.

  • No tenía ningún derecho a interferir.

    I had no right to interfere.

  • Él no creía que nadie haya tenido el derecho a actuar así.

    He did not believe anyone had the right to do so.

  • Consideramos a las bibliotecas públicas un legítimo derecho de los ciudadanos.

    We consider public libraries a legitimate citizen's right.

  • Ha estudiado Derecho en Harvard.

    He studied law at Harvard.

  • Todos tienen el derecho a la vida, a la libertad y a la seguridad personal.

    Everyone has the right to life, liberty and the security of person.

  • Los hombres y las mujeres, a partir de la edad núbil, tienen derecho, sin restricción alguna por motivos de raza, nacionalidad o religión, a casarse y fundar una familia, y disfrutarán de iguales derechos en cuanto al matrimonio, durante el matrimonio y en caso de disolución del matrimonio.

    Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution.

  • Tienes derecho a un abogado.

    You have the right to an attorney.

  • Nadie será condenado por actos u omisiones que en el momento de cometerse no fueron delictivos según el Derecho nacional o internacional. Tampoco se impondrá pena más grave que la aplicable en el momento de la comisión del delito.

    No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed.

  • El primer derecho humano es a cerrar la boca.

    The first of human rights is to shut up!!!


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