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plea
/pliː/Translation
n [c]
› (form)
⇨ súplica
⇨ petición
to make a plea hacer una petición
›to make a plea for mercy
pedir clemencia
› (en derecho)
⇨ alegato
⇨ alegación
⇨ declaración
a plea of not guilty una declaración de inocencia
› (form)
⇨ pretexto
⇨ excusa
(Definition of plea n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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