imprisoned

• Descreve uma pessoa ou animal que está preso ou mantido sob custódia em uma prisão ou local semelhante, privado de liberdade. Pode também ser usado em sentido figurado para alguém que se sente preso ou limitado por uma situação ou condição.

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.

   Preso

   • 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.

   Sinônimoscaptiveconfinedjailedpent

   Antônimosfree

2. Trapped or confinedB2formal

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

   Preso ou 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.

   Sinônimoscaptiveconfinedrestrainedshut intrapped

   Antônimosfreeliberated

• Verbo usado para indicar a ação de prender alguém e colocá-lo na prisão, ou de restringir a liberdade de alguém contra a sua vontade.

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.

   Prender na prisão

   • 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.

   Sinônimosconfineincarceratejaillock upput behind bars

   Antônimosfreerelease

2. Restrict or trapB2formal

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

   Aprisionar

   • 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.

   Sinônimoscageconfineconstraincoop upimmureincarceratelock uppenshut intrap

   Antônimosfreeliberaterelease