juez

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒuɛz/, /d͡ʒuɛs/

Verb

juez

1. imperative of juar

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• juiz, judez

Etymology

Inherited from Latin iūdicem. Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese juiz and Old French juge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒues/

Noun

juez m (plural juezes)

1. judge
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 2r:

     […] Quiçab. ha .L. iuſtos en eſta uilla e pues matar los as. E non parçiras allogar por los .L. iuſtos. Por fer eſta coſa uedado ſea ati. de matar el iuſto por el peccador. Nõ ſe juez en toda la tierra q̃ fẏzies eſte iudizio.

     “ […] Perhaps there are fifty righteous in this city and thus you would kill them. Will you not spare the place for the fifty righteous? To do such a thing is far from you; to kill the righteous because of the sinner. I know not of a judge on earth who would make such a judgment”.

Related terms

• judgar
• juizio

Descendants

• Ladino: גואיס (jues)
• Spanish: juez (see there for further descendants)

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish juez, juiz, judez, from Latin iūdicem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈxweθ/ [ˈxweθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈxwes/ [ˈxwes]

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• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈʃweθ/ [ˈʃweθ] (Early Modern Spanish)
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈʃwes/ [ˈʃwes] (Early Modern Spanish)
• Rhymes: -eθ
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: juez

Noun

juez m or f by sense (plural jueces, feminine juez or jueza, feminine plural jueces or juezas)

1. judge
2. umpire; referee; official

   Synonyms: árbitro, réferi

Derived terms

• juez de paz
• juez pedáneo

Related terms

• juicio
• juzgado
• juzgar

Descendants

• → Tagalog: huwes, suwis

Further reading

• “juez”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10