lesivo

Lesivo is an adjective used in Spanish to describe something that causes damage or injury, whether physically, legally, economically, or morally. The term derives from the notion of harm or lesion and is common in formal, technical, or juridical language. In everyday usage it may simply mean harmful or injurious, but its more precise applications typically appear in professional registers.

In legal contexts, lesivo describes acts, effects, or interests that injure rights or the public good. Phrases such as acto lesivo or daño lesivo appear in civil and administrative law to denote conduct by a person or by a public authority that results in harm, potentially giving rise to remedies, compensation, or nullification. The concept of lesividad is used to distinguish harmful acts from neutral or beneficial ones and is frequent in doctrinal discussion, jurisprudence, and regulatory language. In contract or corporate settings, clauses considered lesivas may impose disproportionate burdens or be deemed abusive or unfair.

Beyond law, lesivo can refer to physical agents or materials capable of causing lesions or tissue damage, as in toxicology or occupational safety, where a product or substance is described as lesivo if it endangers health or safety.

Usage note: lesivo is a formal term and tends to appear in technical or legal contexts; in ordinary speech, more common synonyms such as dañino or perjudicial are often used. The word signals a precise claim about harm or injury and its scope depends on the surrounding legal or technical framework.