English-Spanish translations for a priori

• a priori
  El derecho a la libertad de expresión se aplica a priori a los elegidos por el pueblo. Freedom of speech applies a priori to the representatives of the people.
  Considero que no podemos adoptar una opinión positiva o negativa a priori sobre ninguna solución. I believe that we cannot adopt a negative or positive opinion a priori on any remedy.
  Según este planteamiento, todo lo que hace se considera a priori bueno. According to this line of thinking, everything he does should a priori be considered good.

Definition of a priori

• Based on hypothesis rather than experiment
• self-evident|Self-evident, intuitively obvious
• Developed entirely from scratch, without deriving it from existing languages.Donald J. Harlow, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120204044938/http://donh.best.vwh.net/Esperanto/EBook/chap03.html How to Build a Language]
• In a way based on theoretical deduction rather than empirical observation

Examples

• In his opening argument, the student mentioned nothing beyond his a priori knowledge

Related words

• every man has a price
• one swallow does not make a spring
• one swallow doesn't make a spring
• come at a price
• offer of a prize
• seat of a bishopric
• offer a prize
• award a prize
• fix a price