sequester

sɪˈkwɛstər
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Translation of sequester from English into Spanish

Verb

tr.
1.

isolation

isolate or hide away
  • The jury was sequestered until a verdict was reached..El jurado fue aislado hasta que se llegó a un veredicto.
2.

legal

TECH.
take legal possession of assets until a debt is paid
TECH.
  • The court sequestered his assets during the proceedings..El tribunal embargó sus bienes durante el proceso.
3.

chemistry

TECH.
form a stable compound with an ion
TECH.
  • The agent sequesters calcium ions in the solution.El agente secuestra iones de calcio en la solución.
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Synonyms and analogies of sequester in English

Examples of sequester in a sentence

  • Funds were sequestered for emergency use.
  • The government sequestered the company's funds due to unpaid taxes.
  • His properties were sequestered by the authorities after the fraud was discovered.
  • The compound can sequester harmful ions effectively.
  • Scientists sequester metals to prevent contamination.

Translations of "sequester" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Verb
secuestrarv.

You can't sequester a domestic animal without due cause.

Uds. no pueden secuestrar a un animal doméstico sin alguna causa.

capturarv.

There is doubt regarding the capacity of tree plantations to sequester carbon.

Existen dudas sobre la capacidad de las plantaciones de árboles para capturar el carbono.

retenerv.

Go organic and local, sequester your carbon.

Hacerse orgánico y local, retener el carbón.

aislarv.

We're going to quarantine and/or sequester women with second-stage pregnancies.

Vamos a aislar y/o poner en cuarentena a las mujeres con embarazos de segunda fase.

embargarv.

Sustainable agriculture requires composting to add precious organic nutrients back to the soil and to sequester carbon in healthy soils.

La agricultura sostenible requiere del compostaje para poder agregar nutrientes orgánicos al suelo y embargar el carbono en suelos saludables.

Noun
secuestronm.

The sequester is the product of ideology and political stalemate.

El secuestro es el producto del estancamiento ideológico y político.

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sequester: Examples and translations in context

Oxalates sequester minerals, such as calcium, and prevent its absorption.

Los oxalatos secuestran minerales, como el calcio, e impiden su absorción.

Additional tools exist to sequester more carbon in the landscape.

Existen herramientas adicionales para secuestrar más carbono en el paisaje.

There are also anti-myostatin antibodies that sequester and inhibit its binding.

También hay anticuerpos anti-miostatina que secuestran e inhiben su unión.

Woody species tend to sequester more than herbaceous perennials.

Las especies leñosas tienden a secuestrar más que las perennes herbáceas.

Soil organic matter does more than sequester carbon.

La materia orgánica del suelo hace más que secuestrar carbono.

They also typically sequester more carbon than monoculture plantings.

Típicamente secuestran más carbono también que plantaciones de monocultura.

And so we were working to sequester carbon.

Y entonces estábamos trabajando para "secuestrar" el carbono.

The northern ecosystems known as boreal forests don't just sequester carbon.

Los ecosistemas del norte conocidos como bosques boreales no solo capturan carbono.

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