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pesos y contrapesos.

English translation: checks and balances

04:44 May 4, 2022
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general) / Immigration law
Spanish term or phrase: pesos y contrapesos.
I would like to know the best translation of this phrase from Colombian Spanish into American English. Translator colleagues from Spain, feel free to send me your suggestions as well. This is a translation about U.S. Immigration.

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Qué es lo que evita que una rama del gobierno se vuelva demasiado poderosa?
▪ pesos y contrapesos
▪ separación de poderes
yugoslavia
United States
Local time: 03:42
English translation:checks and balances
Explanation:

checks and balances

El Principio de los “Pesos y Contrapesos” en el ... - https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6002/600263744014/html/
by DIG Pogo · 2017 · Cited by 2 — The Beginning of the “Checks and Balances” in the Ecuadorian Contemporary Constitutionalism ... Palabras clave: Pesos y contrapesos,

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Thank you.
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Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Local time: 02:42
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3 +8checks and balances
Taña Dalglish


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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +8
checks and balances


Explanation:

checks and balances

El Principio de los “Pesos y Contrapesos” en el ... - https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6002/600263744014/html/
by DIG Pogo · 2017 · Cited by 2 — The Beginning of the “Checks and Balances” in the Ecuadorian Contemporary Constitutionalism ... Palabras clave: Pesos y contrapesos,

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Note added at 8일 (2022-05-12 09:44:52 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you.

Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Local time: 02:42
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 735
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for your help Miss Dalglish.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Adrian MM.
2 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  Leonardo Futuro
6 hrs
  -> Thank you, Leonardo.
agree  Luis M. Sosa
7 hrs
  -> Gracias, Luis.
agree  Simon Paul Wyatt
7 hrs
  -> Thank you, Simon.
agree  Catalina von Wichmann
9 hrs
  -> Gracias, Catalina.
agree  neilmac
1 day 3 hrs
  -> Thank you, Neil.
agree  Z-Translations Translator
1 day 19 hrs
  -> Thank you Z.
agree  Samuel Phillips: Strongly agree, this is in the context of civics and in English we'd call those "checks and balances" and "separation of powers"
1 day 21 hrs
  -> Thank you.
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