imprisoned

• Describe a una persona o animal que está encerrado en una prisión o lugar similar, privado de libertad, o que se encuentra cautivo o retenido contra su voluntad.

Describes a person or animal that is confined or held in a prison or similar place, deprived of freedom.

1. Confined in prisonB1formal

   Being kept in a prison as a punishment for a crime.

   encarcelado

   • The imprisoned man was visited by his lawyer.
   • Many innocent people were imprisoned during the war.
   • He spent ten years imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit.

   Sinónimoscaptiveconfinedjailedpent

   Antónimosfree

2. Trapped or confinedB2formal

   Being trapped or restricted in a place or situation, not necessarily a prison.

   Atrapado o confinado

   • She felt imprisoned in her own home by the heavy snow.
   • The animal was imprisoned in a cage at the zoo.
   • He was imprisoned by his own fears and anxieties.

   Sinónimoscaptiveconfinedrestrainedshut intrapped

   Antónimosfreeliberated

• Verbo que designa la acción de encerrar a alguien en prisión, o de restringir su libertad contra su voluntad.

A verb used to indicate the act of putting someone in prison or confining them against their will.

1. Confine in prisonB2formal

   To put someone in prison or keep them locked up as a punishment.

   encarcelar

   • The judge sentenced him to be imprisoned for five years.
   • They were imprisoned for their political beliefs.
   • The criminal was imprisoned in a maximum-security facility.

   Sinónimosconfineincarceratejaillock upput behind bars

   Antónimosfreerelease

2. Restrict or trapB2formal

   To confine or restrict someone or something as if in a prison.

   aprisionar, encerrar

   • She felt imprisoned by her own fears and anxieties.
   • The heavy snowstorm imprisoned them in their house for days.
   • He was imprisoned in a loveless marriage for years.

   Sinónimoscageconfineconstraincoop upimmureincarceratelock uppenshut intrap

   Antónimosfreeliberaterelease