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1 encerrar
v.1 to shut up or in.2 to contain.sus palabras encerraban una amenaza there was a threat in his words3 to shut in, to close in, to confine, to lock in.Ella encerró al chico mal portado She shut in the misbehaving boy.4 to enclose, to encompass, to contain, to comprise.Ese poema encierra mucha verdad That poem encloses much truth.5 to surround, to hem.La cerca encierra el potrero The fence surrounds the pasture.6 to block in, to box in, to box up.* * *1 (gen) to shut in, shut up2 (con llave) to lock in, lock up3 (palabras, frases, etc) to put4 (ajedrez, damas) to block1 (recogerse) to go into retreat; (en sí mismo) to become withdrawn* * *verb1) to lock up, shut up2) contain* * *1. VT1) (=meter) to shut (up); [con llave] to lock (up)2) (=contener) to contain3) (=implicar) to involve4) (Ajedrez, Damas) to block2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivome encerró en mi habitación — he shut me o locked me in my room
está para que lo encierren — (fam) he's crazy o a nut (colloq)
2)a) ( contener) to containb) ( conllevar) to involve, entail2.encerrarse v pron (refl) ( en una habitación) to shut oneself in; (en una fábrica, universidad) obreros/estudiantes to lock oneself in* * *= enclose, lock, intern, shut up, closet, hold + prisoner, coop up, hem + Nombre + in, pen.Ex. The building encloses an art gallery, tourist office, conference room, concert hall and cinema.Ex. If the analogy with the fairy story is taken a little further it can be noted that no author really believes in dragons, wicked queens, fair maidens locked in high towers and the like.Ex. The Red Cross then established and ran a library for the about 500 asylum seekers who were interned on the ship awaiting police interviewing.Ex. Certainly the last thing we want is that books be shut up in tastefully decorated warehouses, watched over by highly trained storekeepers whose main purpose is to see that everything is kept tidily in its place and, as far as possible, untouched by human hands -- especially the sticky-fingered hands of marauding children.Ex. Too often guests are snatched up on arrival and closeted away from the children before being produced like a rabbit out of a hat for the 'official' appearance.Ex. Tom Sutherland, a professor at the American University of Beirut, was kidnapped in 1985 and held prisoner for six and a half years, for much of the time shackled to his prisoner Terry Anderson.Ex. We've all heard of road rage: being cooped up in a car on a crowded freeway with no means of escape.Ex. The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.Ex. There's also goats, but I don't think they're penned anywhere -- they seem to have the run of the place as much as the chickens.----* encerrar con candado = padlock.* encerrar en una jaula = cage.* hora de encerrarse = curfew.* * *1.verbo transitivome encerró en mi habitación — he shut me o locked me in my room
está para que lo encierren — (fam) he's crazy o a nut (colloq)
2)a) ( contener) to containb) ( conllevar) to involve, entail2.encerrarse v pron (refl) ( en una habitación) to shut oneself in; (en una fábrica, universidad) obreros/estudiantes to lock oneself in* * *= enclose, lock, intern, shut up, closet, hold + prisoner, coop up, hem + Nombre + in, pen.Ex: The building encloses an art gallery, tourist office, conference room, concert hall and cinema.
Ex: If the analogy with the fairy story is taken a little further it can be noted that no author really believes in dragons, wicked queens, fair maidens locked in high towers and the like.Ex: The Red Cross then established and ran a library for the about 500 asylum seekers who were interned on the ship awaiting police interviewing.Ex: Certainly the last thing we want is that books be shut up in tastefully decorated warehouses, watched over by highly trained storekeepers whose main purpose is to see that everything is kept tidily in its place and, as far as possible, untouched by human hands -- especially the sticky-fingered hands of marauding children.Ex: Too often guests are snatched up on arrival and closeted away from the children before being produced like a rabbit out of a hat for the 'official' appearance.Ex: Tom Sutherland, a professor at the American University of Beirut, was kidnapped in 1985 and held prisoner for six and a half years, for much of the time shackled to his prisoner Terry Anderson.Ex: We've all heard of road rage: being cooped up in a car on a crowded freeway with no means of escape.Ex: The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.Ex: There's also goats, but I don't think they're penned anywhere -- they seem to have the run of the place as much as the chickens.* encerrar con candado = padlock.* encerrar en una jaula = cage.* hora de encerrarse = curfew.* * *encerrar [A5 ]vtA ‹persona› to lock up; ‹ganado› to shut up, penlo han encerrado en la cárcel he's been locked up in prison o put behind barsme encerraban en mi habitación they used to shut me in my roomencierra al perro shut the dog inestá para que lo encierren ( fam); he's crazy o a nut ( colloq), he should be put away o certified ( colloq)nos dejaron encerrados en la oficina we got locked in the officeB1 (contener) to containla película encierra una gran carga moral the movie contains o has a strong moral message2 (conllevar) to involve, entailno sabe el peligro que encierra she does not know the danger which it involves o entails( refl) to shut oneself inse ha encerrado en su habitación he has shut himself in his roomse encerró en un convento she shut herself away in a conventlos trabajadores se encerraron en la fábrica the workers locked themselves in the factory o occupied the factory* * *
encerrar ( conjugate encerrar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹ ganado› to shut up, pen;
‹ perro› to shut … in;
‹ persona› (en cárcel, calabozo) to lock up;◊ me encerró en mi habitación he shut me o locked me in my room;
me dejaron encerrada en la oficina I got locked in the office
2 ( conllevar) ‹peligro/riesgo› to involve, entail
encerrarse verbo pronominal ( refl) ( en habitación) to shut oneself in;
(en fábrica, universidad) [obreros/estudiantes] to lock oneself in
encerrar verbo transitivo
1 to shut in: encerraron al perro en la cocina, they shut the dog in the kitchen
(con llave) to lock in
2 (entrañar) to contain, include: la Esfinge encierra la clave, the Sphinx holds the key
' encerrar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
encierra
English:
confine
- enclose
- hem in
- lock in
- lock up
- put away
- seal in
- shut away
- shut in
- shut up
- coop
- hem
- lock
- put
- shut
* * *♦ vt1. [recluir] to shut up o in;[con llave] to lock up o in; [en la cárcel] to lock away o up; [ganado, rebaño] to pen (up); [gallinas] to shut up; [en carreras] to box in;lo encerraron en un psiquiátrico they shut him away o up in a mental hospital;me encerraron en la curva y no pude esprintar they boxed me in on the bend and I couldn't put on a sprint;Fam2. [contener] to contain;el espectáculo encierra grandes sorpresas the show has some big surprises;sus palabras encerraban una amenaza there was a threat in his words3. [en ajedrez] to checkmate4. [con signos de puntuación] to enclose ( entre in);encerró el comentario entre paréntesis she enclosed the comment in brackets* * *v/t1 lock up, shut up2 ( contener) contain* * *encerrar {55} vt1) : to lock up, to shut away2) : to contain, to include3) : to involve, to entail* * *encerrar vb2. (con llave) to lock -
2 enfermer
enfermer [ɑ̃fεʀme]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verb2. reflexive verb► s'enfermer to shut o.s. in• je me suis enfermé ! (à l'intérieur) I've locked myself in! ; (à l'extérieur) I've locked myself out!* * *ɑ̃fɛʀme
1.
1) ( dans un lieu) to shut [something] in [animal]; ( à clé) to lock [something] up [bijou] ( dans in); to lock [somebody] up, to put [somebody] away (colloq) [criminel, aliéné] ( dans in)elle est bonne à enfermer — (colloq) she's stark raving mad (colloq)
2) ( bloquer)3) ( contenir)4) Armée, Sport to box [somebody] in [adversaire]
2.
s'enfermer verbe pronominal1) gén to lock oneself in; ( pour s'isoler) to shut oneself away; ( accidentellement) to get locked inça fait deux heures qu'ils sont enfermés dans le bureau à discuter — they've been closeted in the study for two hours
2) ( se confiner)* * *ɑ̃fɛʀme vt1) [animaux] to shut up2) (= interner) to lock up3) (= mettre sous clef) [marchandises] to lock up* * *enfermer verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( dans un lieu) to shut [sth] in [animal]; ( à clé) to lock [sth] up [argent, bijou] (dans in); to lock [sb] up, to put [sb] away○ [criminel, aliéné] (dans in); garder son sac enfermé dans un tiroir to keep one's bag locked in a drawer; elle est bonne à enfermer○ she's stark raving mad○, she ought to be locked up;2 ( bloquer) enfermer qn dans un rôle to confine sb to a role; enfermer qn dans une situation to trap sb in a situation; enfermer qn dans un dilemme to put sb in a dilemma; se laisser enfermer dans une position to get oneself into a corner; se laisser enfermer dans un piège to get trapped; être enfermé dans une image to be a prisoner of one's image; être enfermé dans le cycle du chômage to be locked into a pattern of unemployment;3 ( contenir) enfermer une théorie en une seule formule to encapsulate a theory in a single formula; enfermer une notion dans un cadre contraignant to impose a restrictive framework on an idea;B s'enfermer vpr1 gén to lock oneself in; ( pour s'isoler) to shut oneself away; ( accidentellement) to get locked in; il s'enferme dans sa chambre pour travailler he shuts himself in his room to work; j'ai failli m'enfermer dans la cave I nearly got locked in the cellar; tu ne vas pas t'enfermer tout l'été! I hope you're not going to spend the whole summer cooped up indoors!; ne reste pas enfermé toute la journée! don't stay cooped up indoors all day!; ça fait deux heures qu'ils sont enfermés dans le bureau à discuter they've been closeted in the study for two hours;2 ( se confiner) s'enfermer dans to retreat into; s'enfermer dans le cynisme to retreat into cynicism; s'enfermer dans le mutisme to remain obstinately silent; s'enfermer dans ses préjugés to be stubbornly prejudiced; s'enfermer dans ses positions to be completely intransigent; être enfermé dans ses pensées to be wrapped up in one's own thoughts.[ɑ̃fɛrme] verbe transitif1. [mettre dans un lieu clos - personne, animal] to shut up ou in (separable)2. [emprisonner - criminel] to lock up ou away (separable), to put under lock and key ; [ - fou] to lock upce type-là, il faudrait l'enfermer!a. (familier) [dangereux] that guy ought to be locked up!b. [fou] that guy needs his head examined!3. [ranger] to put ou to shut away (separable)[en verrouillant] to lock up ou away (separable)ne restez pas enfermés, voilà le soleil! don't stay indoors, the sun's come out!5. [entourer] to enclose6. [contenir - allusion, menace] to containun triangle enfermé dans un cercle a triangle circumscribed by ou in a circle————————s'enfermer verbe pronominal (emploi réfléchi)1. [se cloîtrer - dans un couvent] to shut oneself up ou aways'enfermer dehors to lock ou to shut oneself out3. [s'isoler] to shut oneself away
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