Polyglot Dictionary

prisión

/pɾiˈsjon/

la noun B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
las prisiones

Meaning

  1. prison

    • Lo condenaron a diez años de prisión.

      He was sentenced to ten years in prison.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

penal

prisión and penal are close synonyms for "prison"; penal also separately means "penalty," like in a penal code or a sports penalty.

Practice

1 What does prisión mean?

2 Fill the gap: Lo condenaron a diez años de ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches prisión?

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