sufficient
BrE /ˈsʌ.fɪ.dʒənt/ AmE /ˈsə.fɪ.dʒənt/
adjective en → es
large enough in amount or number to meet a need; adequate
suficiente, adecuado
- be sufficient for something/to do something
Collocations sufficient funds · a sufficient amount of time
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There was sufficient food to feed everyone.
Había suficiente comida para alimentar a todos.
used in legal language to refer to the amount of evidence needed for a case to be heard by a court or for someone to be charged with an offence
suficiente (en términos legales)
- be sufficient evidence
Collocations sufficient evidence to charge someone with a crime · there is not sufficient evidence to proceed
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There was sufficient evidence for the case to go to trial.
Había suficiente evidencia para que el caso fuera a juicio.