confinar

v.

1 to confine.

Ella confinó su territorio She confined her territory.

2 to banish.

3 to restrict, to limit, to confine, to restrain.

Ella confinó su territorio She confined her territory.

Ella confinó sus impulsos de ira She restricted her anger impulses.

El carcelero confinó a Ricardo The jailer confined Richard.

El médico limitó al paciente The doctor limited the patient.

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confinar

► verbo intransitivo

1 (limitar) to border

■ España confina con Francia y Portugal Spain borders on France and Portugal

► verbo transitivo

1 (recluir) to confine

■ confinaron al preso en una celda the prisoner was locked up in a cell

► verbo pronominal confinarse

1 to shut oneself away

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verb

to confine

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1.

VT (Jur) to confine (a, en in)

(Pol) to banish, exile (a to)

2.

VI (=limitar)

confinar con — to border on (tb fig)

3.

See:

confinarse

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1.

verbo transitivo

confinar a alguien a algo — a hospital/a calabozo to put somebody into something; a casa to confine somebody to something; a isla to banish somebody to something

la parálisis lo confinó a una silla de ruedas — he was confined to a wheelchair because of paralysis

2.

confinar vi

confinar CON algo — to border with something

3.

confinarse v pron to shut oneself away

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= confine, restrict, intern, consign, box in.

Ex. Until the mid nineteenth century the concept of authorship was confined to personal authors.

Ex. This is an example of a classification which is restricted to a specific physical form, as it is used to classify maps and atlases.

Ex. The Red Cross then established and ran a library for the about 500 asylum seekers who were interned on the ship awaiting police interviewing.

Ex. There ought to be a special kind of Hell to which poor citators can be consigned.

Ex. What is important is that agencies face few barriers to disseminating information on the Web quickly rather than being boxed in by standardization requirements = Lo que es importante es que las agencias se encuentran pocas trabas para diseminar información en la web de una forma rápida más que verse restringidas por cuestiones de normalización.

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1.

verbo transitivo

confinar a alguien a algo — a hospital/a calabozo to put somebody into something; a casa to confine somebody to something; a isla to banish somebody to something

la parálisis lo confinó a una silla de ruedas — he was confined to a wheelchair because of paralysis

2.

confinar vi

confinar CON algo — to border with something

3.

confinarse v pron to shut oneself away

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= confine, restrict, intern, consign, box in.

Ex: Until the mid nineteenth century the concept of authorship was confined to personal authors.

Ex: This is an example of a classification which is restricted to a specific physical form, as it is used to classify maps and atlases.

Ex: The Red Cross then established and ran a library for the about 500 asylum seekers who were interned on the ship awaiting police interviewing.

Ex: There ought to be a special kind of Hell to which poor citators can be consigned.

Ex: What is important is that agencies face few barriers to disseminating information on the Web quickly rather than being boxed in by standardization requirements = Lo que es importante es que las agencias se encuentran pocas trabas para diseminar información en la web de una forma rápida más que verse restringidas por cuestiones de normalización.

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confinar [A1 ]

vt

confinar a algn A algo:

la parálisis lo ha confinado a una silla de ruedas he is confined to a wheelchair because of paralysis

han sido confinados a puntos alejados del país they have been banished to o exiled to remote parts of the country

■ confinar

vi

confinar CON algo to border WITH sth

■ confinarse

v pron

to shut oneself away

tras la muerte del marido se ha confinado en casa since her husband died she's stayed shut away inside the house o she's shut herself away inside the house

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confinar (conjugate confinar) verbo transitivo confinar a algn a algo ‹a hospital/a calabozo› to put sb into sth;
‹a casa› to confine sb to sth;
‹a isla› to banish sb to sth;

◊ la parálisis lo confinó a una silla de ruedas he was confined to a wheelchair because of paralysis

confinar verbo transitivo to confine [en, to]: le confinaron en la torre del castillo, he was confined to the castle tower

'confinar' also found in these entries:
English:
coop up
- localize
- confine
- intern

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confinar

♦ vt

1. [detener, limitar] to confine (en to);

el accidente lo confinó a una silla de ruedas the accident left him in a wheelchair, he was confined to a wheelchair after the accident

2. [desterrar] to banish (a o en to)

♦ vi

confinar con algo to border on, to adjoin

♦ See also the pronominal verb confinarse

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confinar

I v/t confine

II v/i border (con on)

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confinar vt

1) : to confine, to limit

2) : to exile

confinar vi

confinar con : to border on