verb/deteˈneɾ/
to detain; to arrest; to stop, halt, to pause; to pull over
“Tienen la fuerza, podrán avasallarnos, pero no se detienen los procesos sociales ni con el crimen ni con la fuerza. La historia es nuestra y la hacen los pueblos.” — They have force and will be able to dominate us, but social processes can be arrested by neither crime nor force. History is ours, and people make history.
Synonyms: parar, orillar
Borrowed from Latin dētinēre. Cognate with English detain, Italian detenere, Portuguese deter, and Romanian deține.