- enjaular
- v.to cage.* * *enjaular► verbo transitivo1 to cage2 familiar figurado to put in jail, put inside* * *verbto cage* * *VT1) (=guardar) to cage, put in a cage
he estado todo el día enjaulado en mi habitación — I've been cooped up in my room all day *
2) * (=encarcelar) to jail, lock up, bang up ** * *verbo transitivoa) <pájaro/fiera> to cage, put ... in a cageuna fiera enjaulada — a caged animal
b) (fam) (meter en la cárcel) to lock ... up, throw o put ... in prison* * *= cage.Ex. Librarians can be caged too tightly in restrictive management structures, whereas rapid development is going ahead in less restricted contexts.* * *verbo transitivoa) <pájaro/fiera> to cage, put ... in a cageuna fiera enjaulada — a caged animal
b) (fam) (meter en la cárcel) to lock ... up, throw o put ... in prison* * *= cage.Ex: Librarians can be caged too tightly in restrictive management structures, whereas rapid development is going ahead in less restricted contexts.
* * *enjaular [A1 ]vt1 ‹pájaro/fiera› to cage, put … in a cagecomo una fiera enjaulada like a caged animal2 (fam) (meter en la cárcel) to lock … up, throw o put … in prison, put … inside (colloq)* * *
enjaular (conjugate enjaular) verbo transitivo ‹pájaro/fiera› to cage, put … in a cage
enjaular verbo transitivo
1 (a un animal) to cage
2 fam (encarcelar) to put in jail, lock up
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English:
cage
* * *enjaular vt1. [en jaula] to cage2. Fam [en prisión] to jail, to lock up* * *enjaularv/t cage, put in a cage; figjail, lock up* * *enjaular vt1) : to cage2) fam : to jail, to lock up
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.