penal

penal

Relacionado con los castigos, especialmente los impuestos por la ley.

En inglés sencillo: Related to punishment, especially punishment given by the law.

• The country changed its penal code.
• Prison conditions are central to penal reform.
• The island once served as a penal colony.

Sinónimos: penary, penitentiary

Expresiones frecuentes: penal code, penal system, penal colony, penal reform

exorbitante, abusivo

Tan alto o caro que se siente como un castigo.

En inglés sencillo: So high or expensive that it feels like a punishment.

• The bank charged penal interest.
• Small businesses faced penal borrowing rates.
• Customers complained about the penal charges for late payment.

Sinónimos: exorbitant, punitive, excessive

Antónimos: reasonable

Expresiones frecuentes: penal interest, penal rate, penal charges, penal tax

punible

Dicho de un acto por el que se puede recibir un castigo legal.

En inglés sencillo: Describing an act for which someone can be punished by law.

• The act was a penal offence.
• The statute lists several penal offences.
• Conduct once treated as a penal offence is now legal.

Sinónimos: punishable

Expresiones frecuentes: penal offence, penal act