prisão

Meaning

1. (feminine) prison
2. (feminine) arrest
3. (Madeira, feminine) clothes peg

Concepts

prison

jail

gaol

cell

arrest

pokey

slammer

clink

detention

lockup

jailhouse

poky

penitentiary

stretch

chokey

clinck

prison house

penalty corner

crowbar hotel

short corner

apprehension

three hots and a cot

bastille

big house

coop

custody

detainment

goal

habeas corpus

imprisonment

jug

lock up

nick

prison cell

Synonyms

cadeia

cárcere

presídio

xadrez

calabouço

xilindró

enxovia

detenção

cana

grades

casa de detenção

prisno

penalty

pênalti

grande penalidade

penálti

penalidade máxima

Prisões

penitenciária

Prisão

Translations

prison

Gefängnis

prigione

gevangenis

prisión

cárcel

carcere

carcer

presó

kerker

preson

galera

calabós

geôle

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɾiˈzɐ̃w̃/

Etymology

Borrowed from French: prison

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese prison, borrowed from Old French prison, from Latin prehēnsiō, from prehendō + -tiō.
Doublet of preensão.