prisión

prison (a place or institution of confinement, especially of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government)

Hyphenated as

pri‧sión

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɾiˈsjon/

Etymology

Cognate with French: prison

Cognate with Portuguese: prisão

In summary

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin prehēnsiōnem. Cf. French prison, Portuguese prisão. Doublet of prensión.

Concepts

prison

jail

imprisonment

gaol

cell

penitentiary

confinement

slammer

detention

lockup

incarceration

prison house

pound

💷

prison cell

penal facility

penalty corner

crowbar hotel

short corner

arrest

prison

big house

clink

coop

durance

duress

goal

institutionalization

jailhouse

lock up

penal institution

poky

Synonyms

cárcel

penitenciaría

reclusión

encarcelamiento

esposas

arresto

calabozo

detención

chirona

encierro

grillos

presidio

chirona

trena

celda

institucionalización

trullo

pena de prisión

reclusión en establecimiento penitenciario

confinamiento en establecimiento penitenciario

cárcel común

penalti

tiro penal

penalti córner

mamo

ergástula

rio

celda de castigo

adentro

Translations

prison

Gefängnis

prigione

prisão

gevangenis

carcere

cadeia

więzienie

cárcere

carcer

φυλακή

presó

preson

calabouço

kerker

Sentences

Mas , nunca lo enviaron a prisión por sus opiniones .

But, he was never sent to prison for his opinions.

Fue declarado culpable y sentenciado a dos años de prisión .

He was found guilty and sentenced to two years in prison.

Allí quedó encarcelado en la prisión de Wadsworth, en las fueras de Londres .

There he was imprisoned in Wadsworth Prison, on the outskirts of London.