Relevado (en. Relieved)

/re-le-'va-ðo/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish

noun

Definition: The state of someone who has been dismissed or changed in place.

Example Sentence: The employee was relieved of his duties.

El empleado fue relevado de sus funciones.

adjective

Definition: Someone who has been elevated or highlighted in importance.

Example Sentence: He was granted a relieved position in the company.

Se le otorgó un puesto relevado en la empresa.

Etymology/Origin: From Latin 'relevare', which means 'to lift again'.

Common Phrase: to be relieved

Common Phrase Meaning: To be dismissed or changed in position.

ser relevado

Common Phrase: relieved of his duties

Common Phrase Meaning: To be removed from work obligations.

relevado de sus funciones

Common Phrase: relieved in duty

Common Phrase Meaning: To be temporarily freed from an obligation.

relevado en el deber

Related Word: relevance

Related Word Description: Importance or significance of something.

relevancia

Related Word: revelation

Related Word Description: The act of elevating or highlighting something.

relevación

Related Word: releaser

Related Word Description: Person or mechanism that performs a revelation.

relevador

Slang Meaning: To be unexpectedly fired.

Slang Example: He was relieved of the company without prior notice.

Lo relevó de la empresa sin previo aviso.

Slang Meaning: To get out of a complicated situation.

Slang Example: He was in trouble but managed to be relieved of that situation.

Estaba en problemas pero logró relevado de esa situación.