delincuente
/delinˈkwente/ · B1 · adj
criminal
🚔 delincuente = delinquent: from Latin delinquere, to fail in duty, do wrong
Latin de- (away) + linquere (to leave): someone who leaves the right path. English took the same word as delinquent. In Spanish the sound shifts: de-lin-KWEN-te, and the stress falls on -cuen-.