prisión
Meaning
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)
Concepts
prison house
penal facility
penal institution
Synonyms
pena de prisión
reclusión en establecimiento penitenciario
confinamiento en establecimiento penitenciario
cárcel común
tiro penal
penalti córner
celda de castigo
Frequency
Hyphenated as
pri‧sión
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɾiˈsjon/
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin prehēnsiōnem. Cf. French prison, Portuguese prisão. Doublet of prensión.
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