Polyglot Dictionary

encarcelamiento

/enkaɾselaˈmjento/

el noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
encarcelamientos

Meaning

  1. imprisonment

    • Pidieron su encarcelamiento.

      They demanded his imprisonment.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

reclusión

encarcelamiento and reclusión are close synonyms for "imprisonment"; reclusión is perhaps more formal and broader, meaning confinement in general.

Practice

1 What does encarcelamiento mean?

2 Fill the gap: Pidieron su ___.

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