- incomunicar
- v.1 to keep isolated.2 to deprive of communication, to place in confinement, to isolate, to close off.* * *incomunicar► verbo transitivo1 (lugar) to isolate, cut off2 (habitación) to shut off3 (preso) to hold in solitary confinement* * *1. VT1) (=aislar) to cut off, isolate2) [+ preso] to put in solitary confinement
incomunicar a un detenido — to refuse a prisoner access to a lawyer
2.See:* * *verbo transitivoa) <pueblo/zona> to cut ... offb) <detenido> to put ... in solitary confinement* * *verbo transitivoa) <pueblo/zona> to cut ... offb) <detenido> to put ... in solitary confinement* * *incomunicar [A2 ]vt1 ‹pueblo/zona› to cut … off2 ‹detenido› (para interrogar) to hold … incommunicado; (como castigo) to put … in solitary confinement* * *
incomunicar verbo transitivo
1 (un pueblo, una ciudad) to isolate, cut off
2 (a una persona, un detenido) to place in solitary confinement
'incomunicar' also found in these entries:
English:
isolate
* * *incomunicar vt1. [dejar sin líneas de comunicación] to keep isolated;[sujeto: la nieve] to cut off2. [preso] to place in solitary confinement;[detenido] to hold incommunicado* * *incomunicarv/t1 cut off2 JUR put in solitary confinement
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.