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Old February 20, 2012, 12:23 AM
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Éste último

¿Cómo se traducirían la frase "Éste último" que encontré al leer un artículo?

"WASHINGTON, DC - Un agente federal de inmigración falleció en Long Beach, California, cuando, tras abrir fuego contra el supervisor de su oficina en una disputa, un tercer agente le disparó para defender a éste último, informó este viernes la cadena CBS."

CBS said on Friday that a federal immigration agent passed away in Long Beach California when, after opening fire on his office supervisor during an argument, a third agent shot him to defend _____ (my best guess is "the latter" but I think that's not quite right).

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¿Cómo se traducirían la frase "Éste último" que encontré al leer un artículo?

"WASHINGTON, DC - Un agente federal de inmigración falleció en Long Beach, California, cuando, tras abrir fuego contra el supervisor de su oficina en una disputa, un tercer agente le disparó para defender a éste último, informó este viernes la cadena CBS."

CBS said on Friday that a federal immigration agent passed away in Long Beach California when, after opening fire on his office supervisor during an argument, a third agent shot him to defend _____ (my best guess is "the latter" but I think that's not quite right).

Thanks in advance.

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Old February 20, 2012, 10:52 AM
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Yes, "the latter".

In contexts where English uses the words "former" and "latter", Spanish frequently uses the demonstrative pronouns "este/éste" = "the latter" ("this one", the one most recently mentioned) and "aquel/aquél" ("that one", the one least recently mentioned), with appropriate agreement for gender and number.
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Old February 21, 2012, 03:28 AM
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Yay!

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