cárcel
See also: carcel
Asturian
Etymology
From Old Leonese [Term?], from Latin carcer, carcerem.
Noun
cárcel f (plural cárceles)
- 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)
- prison
References
- AEDLL
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish carcel, from Latin carcer, carcerem. The feminine gender is analogous.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈkaɾθel/ [ˈkaɾ.θel]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈkaɾsel/ [ˈkaɾ.sel]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - (Spain) Rhymes: -aɾθel
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -aɾsel
- Syllabification: cár‧cel
Noun
cárcel f (plural cárceles)
- prison
- Synonyms: prisión, penitenciaría, trullo, (Chile) chucho
Related terms
- carcelero
- carcelario
- encarcelar
Descendants
- → Tagalog: karsel
Further reading
- “cárcel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014