cárcel

/ˈkaɾθel/, [ˈkaɾ.θel]

jail, prison


Noun cárcel f (plural cárceles)

  1. prison

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Examples
  • Lo mandaron a la cárcel por todos los crímenes que había cometido.

    They sent him to jail for all the crimes he had committed.

  • Tom fue a la cárcel por vender drogas.

    Tom went to prison for selling drugs.

  • Tom no quiere pasar el resto de su vida en la cárcel.

    Tom doesn't want to spend the rest of his life in jail.

  • No quiero volver a la cárcel.

    I don't want to go back to prison.

  • Mary estuvo años esperando que Tom salga de la cárcel y ella estaba muy feliz cuando él finalmente fue liberado.

    Mary waited years for Tom to get out of prison and was very happy when he finally got released.

  • Mantener a un bandido en la cárcel es muy caro.

    Maintaining a criminal in the jail is very expensive.

  • ¿Por qué no estás en la cárcel?

    Why aren't you in jail?

  • Realmente no quiero volver a la cárcel.

    I really don't want to go back to jail.

  • Se escapó de la cárcel hace treinta años y desde entonces ha sido un prófugo de la justicia.

    He escaped from prison thirty years ago and has been on the lam ever since.

  • Para cuando salgas de la cárcel ella ya estará casada.

    By the time you get out of prison, she'll have been married.

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