No. 13,634 in Spanish
retenidos
"Retenidos" means "detained" or "held back" in English.
In a sentence
Los documentos oficiales fueron retenidos en la aduana.
The official documents were withheld at customs.
In this sentence, 'retenidos' indicates something being withheld or kept back, specifically the official documents at customs.
Los pasajeros estuvieron retenidos en el avión debido al mal tiempo.
The passengers were held in the plane due to bad weather.
Here, 'retenidos' refers to individuals being held or kept in a location temporarily, namely passengers on the plane.
Los criminales eran retenidos por la policía mientras se investigaba el caso.
The criminals were detained by the police while the case was being investigated.
In this usage, 'retenidos' conveys the sense of being detained or kept under surveillance by authority figures, in this case, criminals by the police.
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