sue

Significado (Inglés)

1. (transitive) To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal (civil) action.
2. (ambitransitive) To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.
3. (transitive) To clean (the beak, etc.).
4. (transitive) To leave high and dry on shore.
5. (obsolete, transitive) To court.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To follow.

Conceptos

demandar

procesar

proceder

enjuiciar

litigar

querellar

solicitar

hacer una demanda

acusar

hacer pleito

pedir

Sinónimos

prosecute

charge

accuse

indict

litigate

process

plead

arraign

beg

action

go to court

appeal

beseech

cite

crave

demand

implore

importune

pray

🛐

pray for

report

beg for

bring an action

crave for

sue for

beseech for

implore for

importune for

informant

invoice

lawsuit

blab

pick

⛏️

bill

take to court

take legal action

bespeak

appeal to

to entreat

resort

seek

🔍

subpoena

suitor

summon

summons

tattle

tell on

try

woo

to plead

Traducciones

verklagen

querelare

ενάγω

poursuivre

poursuivre en justice

prozessieren

procederen

acionar

κινώ αγωγή

μηνύω

een proces aanspannen tegen

يقاضي

demandar

klagen

accusare

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/suː/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: seuen

Cognado con francés: suivre

Cognado con italiano: seguire

Cognado con español: seguir

In summary

From Middle English seuen, sewen, siwen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suer, siwer et al. and Old French sivre (“to follow after”) (modern French suivre), from Vulgar Latin *sequere (“to follow”), from Latin sequi. Cognate with Italian seguire and Spanish seguir. Doublet of segue. Related to suit.