apelación
nounCEFR B2
What does “apelación” mean in English?
appeal, legal challenge
appeal, legal challenge (a formal request to review a court or authority decision; interponer una apelación)
Example sentences
Los abogados de la defensa presentaron una apelación ante el Tribunal Superior argumentando vicios procesales.
The defence lawyers lodged an appeal before the High Court arguing procedural irregularities.
El discurso fue una apelación directa a los valores democráticos en un momento de gran polarización social.
The speech was a direct appeal to democratic values at a time of great social polarisation.
How to use it
La apelación (noun, feminine) means 'appeal' — primarily in a legal sense, the formal request to a higher court to review a decision; also the general act of appealing to someone's emotions or authority. Key collocations: interponer/presentar una apelación; tribunal/recurso de apelación; apelación a la razón/a los valores. The verb is apelar a. Distinguish from recurso (a broader legal term for any challenge) and reclamación (complaint).
Common mistake
In legal Spanish, apelación is the specific appeal to a higher court; recurso is broader (any legal challenge). 'To appeal a sentence' = apelar (una sentencia) or interponer un recurso. Don't use *apelación for 'appeal' meaning 'attractiveness' — that is atractivo.