This is the 1170th most frequent Spanish word.
homicidio
"Homicidio" in English means "homicide," the act of killing another person.
Here, 'homicidio' is being used as a noun to refer to the act of killing a person under unlawful circumstances.
El detective investigó el homicidio para encontrar al culpable.
The detective investigated the homicide to find the culprit.
In this sentence, 'homicidio' appears as a part of the term 'homicidio involuntario,' specifying a type of homicide with legal distinctions.
Fue declarado culpable de homicidio involuntario por el juez.
He was found guilty of involuntary homicide by the judge.
Here, 'homicidio' is utilized in statistical language to describe occurrences of homicides within a given population or time frame.