cárcel

See also: carcel

Asturian

Etymology

From Old Leonese [Term?], from Latin carcer, carcerem.

Noun

cárcel f (plural cárceles)

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

Synonyms

• prisión

Leonese

Etymology

From Old Leonese [Term?], from Latin carcer, carcerem.

Noun

cárcel f (plural cárceles)

1. prison

References

• AEDLL

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish carcel, from Latin carcerem. The feminine gender is analogous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈkaɾθel/ [ˈkaɾ.θel]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈkaɾsel/ [ˈkaɾ.sel]

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• Rhymes: -aɾθel
• Rhymes: -aɾsel
• Syllabification: cár‧cel

Noun

cárcel f (plural cárceles)

1. prison

   Synonyms: prisión, penitenciaría, trullo, (Chile) chucho

Related terms

• carcelario
• carcelazo
• carcelero
• encarcelar

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: karsel

Further reading

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