Glosario espaol-ingls
A beneficio de inventario
Acceptance under benefice of inventory [cuando la
legislacin concede al heredero el privilegio de
responder por el pasivo de la herencia nicamente
hasta el lmite del activo. De este modo, el
heredero podr negarse a aceptar las deudas si
superan el valor de lo heredado.]
A da X
On the X (day) of (month)
A instancias
On the application
A los efectos de
For the purposes of/Toward satisfaction of
A mi juicio
In my judgement
A peticin
On the request
A peticin suya
At his/her request
A su total discrecin
In his/her absolute discretion
Abonarse con cargo al patrimonio
de X
To be paid out of Xs estate
Acreedor
Creditor
Actuando de forma libre y
voluntaria
Not being actuated by any menace, fraud or undue
influence
Not being actuated by any constraint or undue
influence
Adecuarse a la legalidad
To be in accordance with the legal
requirements/stipulations
Adir
[aceptar la herencia] To accept the inheritance
Administrador judicial de los
bienes de un difunto [en sucesin
intestada]
Administrator/ Administratrix [femenino]
Administrar los bienes
To manage the property
Adquirir
To purchase
Al fallecer X
On the death of X
Al que sobreviva de ellos
The survivor of them
Albacea (testamentario)
Executor [Executor Nominate - Scotland]
Executrix [femenino]
Ambos fallecidos
Both deceased
Ante m
Before me
Anular un testamento
To invalidate a will
Apostilla
Apostille
Arrendar
To lease
Artculo
Section
As lo dice y otorga
So he/she states and executes
Atestiguar [presenciar el acto en
calidad de testigos]
To witness a will
Autopsia Post-mortem/Autopsy
Beneficiario/Sucesor/
Causahabiente
Beneficiary
Bienes en el extranjero
Properties abroad
Bienes inmuebles
Real Estate/Realty
Bienes muebles
Personal Estate/Personalty
Bienes muebles e inmuebles
Real and personal (property)
[se expresa en el orden inverso al espaol]
Bien(es) sito(s)
Estate located
Bien sujeto al rgimen de
gananciales
Community property
Capacidad legal necesaria para
(To have) full legal capacity to/(to be) of sound
mind to
Capacidad testamentaria
Testamentary capacity
(Cargo) no vinculante
[To serve] without bond
(Casado) en nicas nupcias
(To be married to [Name]), my first and only
wife/To be married only once to
Caudal hereditario
Estate
Causa/Juicio/Asunto
Matter
Causante/Fallecido/Finado Deceased/Decedent
Certificado/Partida de Defuncin
Death Certificate/Certificate of Death
Certificado de Empadronamiento
Spanish Certificate of Registered Domicile
Certificado literal
Complete form
Clusula
Disposition
Clusula/Disposicin testamentaria
Testing clause
Clusula testifical
Attestation clause
Coaccin
Coercion
Co(-)albacea
Co-executor
Codicilo (testamentario)
Codicil
Cohabitante
Cohabitant
Coheredero
Co-inheritor
Colacin
Hotchpotch
Comparece
Appears
Comparecencia
Gathering
Compareciente (el/la)
The Testator/Testatrix/Declarant
Comparecientes (los)
Those here present
Con arreglo a (legislacin)
Under/Following/By virtue of
Con domicilio en/Vecino de
At/Of/A resident of
Conflicto de intereses
Conflict of interest(s)
Conmoriencia
Whose death occurred at the same time/Dying at
the same time
Conocemos/Conocen al testador
The testator/declarant is known to us
Consentir
To agree to
Conservar todas sus facultades
To have all his/her faculties
Cnyuge
Spouse
Cnyuge suprstite
Surviving spouse
Copia fiel
True copy
Copia simple
Uncertified copy
Copropietarios
Joint owners
Costas procesales
Proceedings costs
Cumplir/Alcanzar la edad de
To attain the age of
Cuota legitimaria
A part of the deceaseds estate/Property someone is
entitled to by law
Curatela
Guardianship
Daos y perjuicios
(Legal) damages
Dar fe
To give testimony/To certify
De forma libre y voluntaria
Freely and intentionally
De haber seguido con vida
On survivance
De mutuo acuerdo
On an agreed basis
De su puo y letra
In his/her own hand
Debidamente autorizado
Duly authorised
Declaracin de voluntades
anticipadas
Living Will Advance Directives
Declarante
Informant
Defuncin/Fallecimiento/bito
Death
Demanda testamentaria
Probate action
Derecho de/Legislacin en materia
de sucesiones
Law of Succession/Inheritance Law
/Probate duty
Derecho del que no usa
X renounces that right
Descendencia
Descendants
Descendiente
Descendant
Desheredar To disinherit
Despus de advertirle del derecho
Having been notified/informed of the right
Disponer
To direct
To express the wish that
To make provision
Disposiciones legales
Legal provisions
Disposiciones/Clusulas
testamentarias
Provisions/Dispositions/Terms and Provisions
Dividendos
Dividends
D.N.I.
Spanish National Identity Card Number
Domicilio particular
Home address
Donacin
[bien/es a ttulo lucrativo recibidos
en vida del testador]
Donation [Gift]
Donante
Donor
Donatario
Donee/Recipient
Ejercitar sus facultades
To exercise his/her/their powers
El/los abajo firmante/s
The undersigned
El causante/el finado/el fallecido
The Deceased/the Testator/the Testatrix
El contenido del presente
instrumento
Everything contained in this public document
El documento fue otorgado ante m
The instrument was acknowledged before me
El testador lo encuentra conforme
por ser lo consignado expresin
exacta de su ltima y deliberada
voluntad /
El testador manifiesta que lo escrito
y ledo refleja fielmente su voluntad
The testator confirms that it is in accordance with
his wishes
Embalsamamiento
Embalming
Emprender acciones legales
To institute and prosecute legal proceedings
Empresa de pompas fnebres
The Undertakers
En caso de que X me premuera
In the event that X fails to survive me
En el momento del fallecimiento
de X
Upon the death of X
En el supuesto de que
Should + sujeto + be + participio
En fe de lo cual
In witness whereof
En fideicomiso
On/Upon/In trust
En partes alcuotas/A partes
iguales
Share and share alike/Equally
En pleno dominio
Absolute Property
En pleno uso de las facultades
mentales
Mentally competent/With full knowledge
En representacin de
On behalf of
En su propio nombre y
representacin/derecho
In his/her own name and behalf
Encontrar (un documento)
conforme
To confirm that it is in accordance with his/her
wishes
Entierro
Burial
Escritura
Deed
Escritura de fideicomiso
Deed of trust/Trust Deed
Estado vegetativo
Vegetative estate
Estando sometido a intimidacin
Under duress, fraud and coercion
Estar en pleno uso de las
facultades mentales
To be of sound mind
To be of sound and disposing mind
To be of sound and disposing mind and memory
With full knowledge
Estar presente
To appear
(Estimar) oportuno
[Subject +] shall think fit
Ex-cnyuge
Former spouse
Exigido (por ley)
Stipulated by
Expedido en/Extendido en
Given/Issued in
Extracto [Certificado]
Short form
Facultades
Powers
Facultades del albacea
Executors powers
Fallecimiento
simultneo/Conmoriencia
Simultaneous death
Fecha del otorgamiento
Time of execution
Fechar
To date
Fideicomisar
To entrust/To hold upon trust
Fideicomisario [Fiduciario]
Trustee (of a settlement)
Fideicomiso
Trust
[en fideicomiso: on/upon trust]
Fideicomitente
Settlor/Grantor/Trustor
Firmar de puo y letra
To set ones hand
Fondos de pensiones
Pension funds
Fondos fiduciarios
Trust monies
Formalidades
Requirements/Formalities
Formalidades legales observadas Legal requirements observed
Funeral
Funeral
Gastos de administracin de la
herencia
Expenses of administration/administering the estate
Gastos derivados del funeral
Funeral expenses
Gastos testamentarios varios
[derivados del cumplimiento del
presente testamento]
Testamentary expenses
Gravamen/Carga/Hipoteca [que
pesa sobre una propiedad]
Encumbrance
Guarda y custodia
Custody
Hacer uso de fondos fiduciarios
To apply trust monies
Heredar/Percibir una herencia
To inherit
Heredero
Heir/Inheritor
Heredero forzoso/legtimo o
legitimario
Heir-at-law
Herencia
Inheritance
Hijastros
Stepchildren
Hijo de los finados
Son of [Names], (both deceased)
Son of the deceased [Names]
Hipoteca Mortgage
Homologar/Autenti(fi)car un
testamento
To prove/To obtain probate/To grant probate of a
will
Identificar
To know somebody
Ilustre Colegio de Notarios de X
The Notaries (Public) Association of X
Impuesto de sucesiones
Inheritance tax
Impugnar un testamento
To contest a will
To challenge a will
To dispute a will
Incapacidad
Disability
Incineracin/Cremacin
Cremation
Incrementos de la herencia
Accretions
Incumplir la ley
To break the law
Individuos/Personas
Persons
Influencia indebida
Undue influence
Inscripcin en el Registro
Registration
Institucin de herederos
The estates division/The estate (is) to be divided
Instituir heredero(s)
To appoint [Name/s] as his/her heirs
Inters vitalicio Life interest
Interponer [demandas]
To bring
Intervalo de lucidez
Lucid interval
Intestado
Intestate
Juez de Instruccin
Examining Judge
Juicio testamentario/sucesorio
Probate Proceedings
La suma de
The amount of
Lectura del testamento
Will Reading
Leer en alta voz/en voz alta
To read it aloud
Lega
I give to/unto
I give, and devise to/unto
I give, devise and bequeath to/unto
Legado
Bequest/Gift: Legado
Devise: Legado de bienes inmuebles
Legacy: Legado de bienes muebles
Legado condicional
Conditional gift
Legado de cosa cierta/especfica
Specific gift [tambin se observa specific bequest]
Legado general
General Gift/Legacy
Legar
To bequeath [bienes muebles]
To devise [bienes inmuebles]
Legatario (de bienes inmuebles)
Devisee
Legatario (de bienes muebles)
Legatee
Legislacin sobre sucesin
intestada/abintestato
(The rules/laws of) Intestacy
Legtima (estricta)
Tercio de libre disposicin
Tercio de mejora
Forced heirship. The third part of the deceaseds
property that descends to natural heirs by
legislation
The one third of the total value of a property,
distributed by the testator at will, that may disposed
freely (by legislation). The applicable Spanish Law
(Cdigo Civil) states that if a person dies leaving
children, one third of the deceaseds estate must be
divided equally among all of them. A second third
must be given to some of the children (or
grandchildren). The last third may be disposed of
freely
Third distributed among heirs as the testator
chooses
Lego la totalidad de mi patrimonio
I give my entire estate
Ley
Act/Law
Libre de impuestos
Free of tax
Tax-exempt
Tax-free
Llamado
Whose name is
Manifestaciones Statements
Manifestacin/Declaracin
revocable
Revocable Declaration
Masa de la herencia
Gross estate
Masa hereditaria
Caudal hereditario/Patrimonio
Estate
Matriz
Master copy
Mayor de edad
Of (full) legal age
Menor de edad
Minor/Infant/Underage (person)/Person under 18
years
Mi residencia
My place of residence
Nacida [apellido de soltera si es
mujer y se ha casado]
Ne/Maiden surname
No (resulta) ejecutable
Unenforceable
No estar en pleno uso de las
facultades mentales
(To be) Of unsound mind
No tener vigencia/efecto
To be held to be inoperative
Nombramiento de beneficiario(s)
Beneficiary designation
Nombramiento del administrador
judicial de los bienes de un difunto
Letter of Administration (of Estate)
Nombrar/Designar To appoint/To nominate/To nominate and appoint
Notara
Notary (Public) Office
Notario/Fedatario
Notary Public
Notario del Ilustre Colegio (de
Notarios) de X
Notary Public in X/ Notary Public of the Official
Notaries Association in X/of the Notaries (Public)
Association in X
Notificarle algo a alguien
To serve something on somebody
Nuda propiedad
[atributo del dominio de una
cosa, que se separa del
usufructo en tanto en que ste
perdura]
The legal title/ownership
[the applicable Spanish Law states that the property
can be divided into legal title or ownership-legal but not beneficial ownership- and usufruct-a special legal right to use and enjoy the property
or part of it]
Observar todas las formalidades
exigidas por ley/
Observarse la unidad del acto y
dems formalidades legales
To carry out all the stipulated formalities (in the
corresponding section of the Spanish Civil Code)
Ordenar su ltima voluntad
To execute his/her (Last) Will
Otorgamiento
Execution
Otorgar ante/en presencia de notario
To make in the presence of a notary public
Otorgar potestad
To confer authority
Otorgar testamento/Testar
To make a will/To execute a will/To make, publish
and declare/To make disposition of (property)/To
write this will
Panten familiar Family vault
Papel timbrado
Stamped paper/Official paper
Para el supuesto de
In the event that
Pareja en cohabitacin/
cohabitante de hecho
Cohabiting couple/Couple in cohabitation
Parte/Porcin (de una
herencia que le corresponde a
alguien)
Share
Parte interesada
Interested party
Pasar a formar parte de un
patrimonio residual
To fall into a residuary estate
Patrimonio
Estate
Patrimonio residual
Rest, residue and remainder
Residuary estate
Estate residue
Perder el derecho a
To forfeit
Pignorar
To pledge
Plenitud de facultades
Full power
Poder notarial
Power of Attorney
Power of Appointment
Pliza de un seguro de vida Life (insurance) policy
Por estirpes
[herencia a percibir por los
descendientes del causante]
Per stirpes
Por la/el presente
Hereby
Por la/el presente certificamos
We hereby certify
Por/A/En partes iguales/alcuotas
Equally/
Share and share alike
Poseer la capacidad legal
necesaria para otorgar
testamento
To be of sound mind/To be in full possession of
his/her faculties
Premoriencia (En caso de)
In case X predeceases/fails to survive
Premorir
To predecease/To fail to survive (someone)
Presenciar el otorgamiento en
calidad de testigo
To witness the will
Prestacin
Benefit
Prestar el consentimiento
To give his/her consent
Pretericin
Postponement/Pretermission/Omission
Previo pago
Subject to the payment
Procedimiento contencioso
Contentious proceeding
Proceso judicial Litigation
Procesos judiciales
Court Proceedings
Profesin
Occupation
Prole/Hijo/-a
Offspring
Propiedad asegurada
Insured property
Propiedad en fideicomiso
Trust property
Proveer
To provide
Quien me exhibe D.N.I./
pasaporte
Holder of Spanish Identity Card Number/Passport
Recaer en
To vest in
Recaudador de impuestos
Tax collector
Reclamante/Demandante
Claimant
Reclamar/Realizar una
reclamacin
To make a claim
Remanente
What remains of the estate/Residuary estate/Estate
residue/The residue of the estate
Renunciar [a algo]
To waive/To disclaim
Renunciar a una parte o a la
totalidad de los bienes
To disclaim the whole or any part of the property
Repartir To distribute
Revocacin
Cancellation/Revocation/(Ademption)
Revocar un testamento
To revoke a will
Se confieren poder recprocamente
Are mutually empowered to [+ verb]
Seguro de decesos/enterramiento
Burial insurance
(Pliza de) Seguro de vida
Life insurance (policy)
Sello
Stamp/Seal
Sepultura [tumba]
Burial plot
Ser inhumado
To be buried
Ser natural de
To be born in
Servidumbres
Easements
Si X acepta (dicho legado)
If X receives that
Siempre que
Provided that
Siendo las X horas
At X a.m./p.m.
Sigue la firma de
Signed by
Sito/-a en X
Located in/In
So pena de
Under penalty of
Sobrevivientes/Supervivientes
Those who survive the testator
Sobrevivir
To survive
Sobrevivirle a alguien
To live at someones death/To survive someone
Sucesin
Succession
Sucesin forzosa/intestada/
legtima/abintestato
Intestate succession/Intestacy
Sucesin testada
Testate succession
Sustitucin vulgar
Ordinary substitution/Vulgaris substitution
Tener la carga de una hipoteca
To have a mortgage
Tener relacin consangunea,
marital o adoptiva
To be related by blood, marriage or adoption
Tener validez
To have effect (provisions)
Terreno [finca]
Land
Testado/-a
Testate
Testador/Otorgante/Disponente
Testator
Testadora
Testatrix
Testamento
Will/Last Will and Testament
Testamento abierto (pblico o
nuncupativo)
Nuncupative will
Testamento cerrado/secreto
Sealed will
Testamento condicionado
Conditional will
Testamento de X
(Last) Will and (Testament) of X
Testamento electrnico
Electronic will/e-will
Testamento en caso de epidemia
Will when testator (is) in danger from an epidemic
Testamento en inminente peligro
de muerte
Will when imminent testators death
Will when testators death is imminent
Testamento internacional
International will
Testamento martimo
Seamans will
Testamento militar/asimilado
Soldiers will
Testamento olgrafo
Holograph(ic) will
Testamento otorgado en pas
extranjero
Foreign will
Testamento para incapacitados
Statutory will
Testamento sellado/secreto
Sealed will
Testamento verbal/oral
Oral will
Testamento vital Living will
Testar
To execute a will
Testigos
Witnesses
(La) Totalidad del patrimonio
The entire estate
Trmite
(Administrative) Proceeding
Transferir/Ceder
To dispose
Tras haber prestado el oportuno
juramento
Being duly sworn
Tras prestar el oportuno juramento
ante la autoridad pertinente
Do solemnly swear upon my oath (to the authority)
Traspaso de dominio
Transfer of ownership
Tutor
Guardian [Legal guardian (Scotland)]
Tutor testamentario
Testamentary guardian
Unido/-a (adjunto)
Herewith/Attached
Usufructo
Usufruct/(Life interest)
[the legal right to use and enjoy the
Property or part of it]
Usufructo vitalicio
Lifelong usufruct [A life right]
Validacin testamentaria
Probate
Vlido
Valid
Vecino/-a de
(Resident) of/in
Vigencia
Force
Vigente
In force