No. 694 in Spanish
detenidos
"Detenidos" means "detained" or "arrested individuals."
In a sentence
Los sospechosos fueron detenidos por la policía anoche.
The suspects were detained by the police last night.
In this sentence, 'detenidos' is used as the past participle of the verb 'detener', implying that the action of detaining occurred in the past.
Algunos participantes estaban detenidos frente a la entrada, esperando a que abrieran las puertas.
Some participants were standing still in front of the entrance, waiting for the doors to open.
Here, 'detenidos' is used as an adjective to describe people who are stationary or still.
Los trenes estaban detenidos debido a una falla eléctrica en la red.
The trains were stopped due to an electrical failure in the network.
'Detenidos' is applied as a descriptive term indicating that the trains were halted.
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