Masculine
ergastolo
Meaning
- (Ancient-Rome, historical, masculine) workhouse for offenders
- (masculine) life sentence
- (broadly, masculine) the place where a life sentence is served
Concepts
Translations
cadena perpetua
prisão
lebenslange Haftstrafe
prison
levenslange gevangenisstraf
ισόβια
presidiFrequency
Hyphenated as
er‧gà‧sto‧lo
Pronounced as (IPA)
/erˈɡas.to.lo/
Etymology
From Latin ergastŭlum (“penitentiary”), from Ancient Greek ἐργαστήριον (ergastḗrion, “workshop”). Compare Spanish and Portuguese ergástulo.
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