encarcelar

v.

1 to imprison.

2 to put in prison, to jail, to prison, to send to prison.

El policía encarceló al borracho The policeman put the drunk in prison.

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encarcelar

► verbo transitivo

1 to imprison, jail, incarcerate

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verb

to imprison, jail

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VT to imprison, jail

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verbo transitivo to imprison, jail

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= jail [gaol, -UK], incarcerate, imprison, hold + prisoner, put + Nombre + behind bars.

Ex. In 1892 Klas Linderfelt, the then ALA President, was jailed for 4 days on charges of embezzling more than $4,000 from library funds.

Ex. A survey was conducted to identify the information needs of a 5% sample of men and women incarcerated in correctional institutions.

Ex. Juan Carlos is a blind lawyer, activist and volunteer librarian who has been imprisoned without trial since March, when he was detained for peacefully protesting the arrest of a journalist.

Ex. Tom Sutherland, a professor at the American University of Beirut, was kidnapped in 1985 and held prisoner for six and a half years, for much of the time shackled to his prisoner Terry Anderson.

Ex. A 92-year-old woman has been put behind bars for sitting on her front porch shouting abuse at passers-by.

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* encarcelar de por vida = jail for + life.

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verbo transitivo to imprison, jail

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= jail [gaol, -UK], incarcerate, imprison, hold + prisoner, put + Nombre + behind bars.

Ex: In 1892 Klas Linderfelt, the then ALA President, was jailed for 4 days on charges of embezzling more than $4,000 from library funds.

Ex: A survey was conducted to identify the information needs of a 5% sample of men and women incarcerated in correctional institutions.

Ex: Juan Carlos is a blind lawyer, activist and volunteer librarian who has been imprisoned without trial since March, when he was detained for peacefully protesting the arrest of a journalist.

Ex: Tom Sutherland, a professor at the American University of Beirut, was kidnapped in 1985 and held prisoner for six and a half years, for much of the time shackled to his prisoner Terry Anderson.

Ex: A 92-year-old woman has been put behind bars for sitting on her front porch shouting abuse at passers-by.

* encarcelar de por vida = jail for + life.

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encarcelar [A1 ]

vt

to imprison, jail

fue encarcelado he was imprisoned o jailed, he was put in prison o jail

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encarcelar (conjugate encarcelar) verbo transitivo
to imprison, jail
encarcelar verbo transitivo to imprison
'encarcelar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
enjaular
- detener
English:
bang up
- imprison
- incarcerate
- jail
- send down

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encarcelar vt

to imprison, to jail;

fue encarcelado por homicidio he was jailed for murder

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encarcelar

v/t put in prison, imprison

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encarcelar vt

: to incarcerate, to imprison

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encarcelar vb to imprison