prisión

Meaning

1. (feminine) 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)
2. (feminine) place and rope used to retain a cow inside the stable

Pronounced as (IPA)

[pɾiˈsi̯oŋ]

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese prison, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin prehensiōnem, displacing Old Galician-Portuguese prijon.

Sentences

Morreu na prisión .

He died in prison.

A prisión leva o nome desta rexión de Alden.

The prison is named after this region of Alden.