prisión

Asturian

Etymology

Compare Spanish prisión.

Noun

prisión f (plural prisiones)

1. prison (place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes)

Synonyms

• cárcel

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɾiˈsi̯oŋ]

Noun

prisión f (plural prisións)

1. 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)
   • 1371, Miguel Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, doc. 1803:

     Et esto mando por minna manda et por quanto eu quero yr a Toledo por minna muller et non posso yr sen grande meu peligro de minna morte ou de minna desonrra et non posso yr senon en poder de Johan Perez de Novoa meu primo que por outro camino non posso yr con medo dos yamigos de meu senor el rey don Enrrique, et sinaladamente con medo de Meen Rodrigues de Seabra que he meu yamigo mortal et Pedro Goterres de Barrantes et outros scudeiros que foron en a prison de meu yrmaao o arcediago de Salnes.

     And this I send as my bequest, because I want to go to Toledo for my wife and I can't go there without great danger, of my death or of my dishonour; and I can't go but as under Xoán Pérez de Nóvoa, my cousin; because I can't have it other way for fear of the enemies of our king Henry, and, namely, of Men Rodíguez de Seabra, my mortal enemy, and Pedro Gotérrez de Barrantes and other squires which were in the prison of my brother, the archdeacon of Salnés

   Synonyms: cadea, cárcere, trena

2. place and rope used to retain a cow inside the stable

References

• “prijon” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “prison” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “prisión” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “prisión” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “prisión” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾiˈsjon/ [pɾiˈsjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: pri‧sión

Noun

prisión f (plural prisiones)

1. 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)

   Synonyms: cárcel, penitenciaría, penal, CERESO, (Mexico) Cereso

Derived terms

• aprisionar
• prisión preventiva
• prisión provisional
• prisionero

 

Related terms

• aprehender
• prender
• preso

 

Further reading

• “prisión”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014