ILEGÍTIMO in English - Cambridge Dictionary

Translation of ilegítimo – Spanish–English dictionary

ilegítimo

 
adjective
 
illegitimate  [adjective] born of parents not married to each other
illegitimate  [adjective] unacceptable or not allowed (especially by law)

(Translation of ilegítimo from the PASSWORD Spanish–English Dictionary © 2014 K Dictionaries Ltd)

Examples of ilegítimo

ilegítimo
Para los grupos políticos bien pensantes, es como si existiera un discurso ilegítimo que hay que impedir a cualquier precio.
According to the conservative political groups, it seems that some speech is illegitimate and needs to be prevented at any cost.
Para los grupos políticos bien pensantes, es como si existiera un discurso ilegítimo que hay que impedir a cualquier precio.
According to the conservative political groups, it seems that some speech is illegitimate and needs to be prevented at any cost.
Por lo tanto, lo que estamos haciendo ahora es legitimar lo que hemos considerado ilegítimo en dos ocasiones.
What we are therefore doing now is to legitimise what we have considered to be illegitimate on two occasions.
Por lo tanto, lo que estamos haciendo ahora es legitimar lo que hemos considerado ilegítimo en dos ocasiones.
What we are therefore doing now is to legitimise what we have considered to be illegitimate on two occasions.
Por consiguiente, no siempre son ilegítimas.
They are not, therefore, always illegitimate.
Por consiguiente, no siempre son ilegítimas.
They are not, therefore, always illegitimate.
La mayoría de estas deudas son ilegítimas puesto que han sido contraídas por gobiernos corruptos o incluso dictatoriales, y, en realidad, nunca han favorecido a las poblaciones.
Most of these debts are illegitimate, as they were arranged by corrupt, even dictatorial governments, and have, in fact, never been used to benefit the population.
La mayoría de estas deudas son ilegítimas puesto que han sido contraídas por gobiernos corruptos o incluso dictatoriales, y, en realidad, nunca han favorecido a las poblaciones.
Most of these debts are illegitimate, as they were arranged by corrupt, even dictatorial governments, and have, in fact, never been used to benefit the population.
Ante todo son completamente ilegítimas.
They are above all entirely illegitimate.
Ante todo son completamente ilegítimas.
They are above all entirely illegitimate.
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