encierro
Meaning
encerrar
- to lock up, to coop up
- to lock away, put away, to imprison, to nail (in a prison or mental hospital)
- to enclose, to confine, to immure
- to contain, to hold, to include, to encapsulate, to entail
- to stalemate
- to separate (between brackets, commas)
- (reflexive) to take over; occupy (a building)
- (reflexive) to shut oneself up, to withdraw, to shut away oneself, to shut off oneself, to lock up or lock down oneself, to close off oneself
- (reflexive) to shy away
Concepts
sit-down strike
Running of the Bulls
Opposite of
desencierro
Synonyms
Translations
Frequency
Hyphenated as
en‧cie‧rro
Pronounced as (IPA)
/enˈθjero/
Etymology
Deverbal from encerrar (“to lock up”).
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