Spanish word

forense

Pronunciation

IPA/foˈɾense/

Meaning

  • adjectiveforensic

Example

La evidencia forense ayudó a resolver el caso.

The forensic evidence helped to solve the case.

Illustration for forense (forensic)

More examples

¿Viste el reportaje sobre la evidencia forense en las noticias?

Did you see the report about the forensic evidence on the news?

Core concept

Scientific examination of material used as legal evidence.

Common phrases

  • evidencia forense

    forensic evidence

  • análisis forense

    forensic analysis

Similar words

médico-legal: Connects medical findings to legal processes, especially in autopsies and legal reports.
pericial: Involves a specialist's technical examination or expert appraisal for judicial proceedings.

Definition in Spanish

Que pertenece al ámbito judicial y a los métodos científicos usados para identificar y analizar evidencias en casos legales.

Word origin

From Latin forensis 'of the forum', originally 'pertaining to the court', it later came to mean science-based methods used to identify and analyze evidence in legal cases.

Usage tips

  • Common collocations include medicina forense, pruebas forenses and informes forenses, and forense can also be a noun (el/la forense) meaning a forensic specialist.

Related words

  • forensistaforensic specialistnoun

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