Constitution

Spanish Meaning

constitución

complexión

derecho estatal

English Meaning

  1. The act or process of composing, setting up, or establishing.
  2. The composition or structure of something; makeup.
  3. The physical makeup of a person: Having a strong constitution, she had no trouble climbing the mountain.
  4. The system of fundamental laws and principles that prescribes the nature, functions, and limits of a government or another institution.
  5. The document in which such a system is recorded.
  6. The fundamental law of the United States, framed in 1787, ratified in 1789, and variously amended since then.