- reclusión
- f.1 seclusion, imprisonment, captivity, confinement.2 reclusion, retreat.* * *reclusión► nombre femenino1 (encierro) seclusion2 (encarcelamiento) imprisonment, internment3 (lugar) retreat\FRASEOLOGÍAreclusión mayor long prison sentencereclusión menor short prison sentencereclusión perpetua life imprisonment* * *SF1) (=encarcelamiento) imprisonment, confinement
reclusión mayor — imprisonment in conditions of maximum security
reclusión perpetua — life imprisonment
2) (=cárcel) prison3) (=encierro voluntario) seclusion* * *femenino imprisonment* * *= retention, captivity, retreat, committal, reclusion, internment.Ex. Even in prisons nowadays the enlightened gaoler aims at more than custodial retention: he aims at education.Ex. The article is entitled 'Freedom in captivity'.Ex. The retreat, held in an off-campus community room during the Christmas break following an unusually hectic autumn term, lasted a full day.Ex. The book starts with the author's mother being taken away for committal to a mental asylum.Ex. Much of his later life he lived in reclusion, loneliness, poor health, and despair.Ex. The human costs of these internment operations are, of course, incalculable.----* campo de reclusión = internment camp .* propenso a la reclusión = reclusive.* reclusión perpetua = life imprisonment.* * *femenino imprisonment* * *= retention, captivity, retreat, committal, reclusion, internment.Ex: Even in prisons nowadays the enlightened gaoler aims at more than custodial retention: he aims at education.
Ex: The article is entitled 'Freedom in captivity'.Ex: The retreat, held in an off-campus community room during the Christmas break following an unusually hectic autumn term, lasted a full day.Ex: The book starts with the author's mother being taken away for committal to a mental asylum.Ex: Much of his later life he lived in reclusion, loneliness, poor health, and despair.Ex: The human costs of these internment operations are, of course, incalculable.* campo de reclusión = internment camp .* propenso a la reclusión = reclusive.* reclusión perpetua = life imprisonment.* * *reclusiónfeminineimprisonmentCompuesto:reclusión perpetualife imprisonment* * *
reclusión sustantivo femenino
imprisonment;◊ reclusión perpetua life imprisonment
reclusión sustantivo femenino
1 seclusion, confinement
2 (en una cárcel) imprisonment
3 (en un hospital, etc) confinement, internment
'reclusión' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
encierro
English:
confinement
* * *reclusión nf1. [encarcelamiento] imprisonment2. [encierro] seclusion* * *reclusiónf JUR imprisonment, confinement* * *reclusión nf, pl -siones : imprisonment
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.